Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport

Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781135307370
ISBN-13 : 1135307377
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Download or read book Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport written by Dilwyn Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain's sports. At the end of the 20th century sports have been packaged and marketed as mass entertainment for a national or even international audience. This volume explores different facets of this phenomenon.


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