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Porter, Dilwyn, (1947-)

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Amateurism in British sport : = it matters not who won or lost? /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Amateurism in British sport :/ edited by Dilwyn Porter and Stephen Wagg.
Reminder of title:	it matters not who won or lost? /
other author:	Porter, Dilwyn,
Published:	London :Routledge, : 2008.,
Description:	201 p. ;24 cm.
Series:	Sport in the global society
Subject:	Professionalism in sports - History. - Great Britain -
ISBN:	9780415380447 (hbk.):

Amateurism in British sport : = it matters not who won or lost? /
Amateurism in British sport :it matters not who won or lost? /edited by Dilwyn Porter and Stephen Wagg. - London :Routledge,2008. - 201 p. ;24 cm. - Sport in the global society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The ideal of the amateur competitor, playing the game for love and, unlike the professional, totally untainted by commerce, has become embedded in many accounts of the development of modern sport. It has proved influential not least because it has underpinned a pervasive impression of professionalism - and all that came with it - as a betrayal of innocence, a fall from sporting grace. In the essays collected here, amateurism, both as ideology and practice, is subject to critical - and unsentimental scrutiny, effectively challenging the dominant narrative of more conventional histories of British sport." "Most modern sports, even those where professionalism developed rapidly, originated in an era when the gentlemanly amateur predominated, both in politics and society, as well as in the realm of sport. Enforcement of rules and conventions that embodied the amateur-elite ethos effectively limited opportunities for working-class competitors to 'turn the world upside down'. The twelve case studies presented here range across a wide spectrum of sporting activities from the late nineteenth century onwards, taking in major sports such as athletics, cricket, football, golf, horse racing, rugby league and tennis. Collectively, they supply a history of amateurism in Britain that is sensitive to the peculiarities of particular sports at particular times and a compelling account of the influence of the amateur ideal and its slow demise after the 1960s."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 9780415380447 (hbk.):UK75.00

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA754520bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013790426UkSubjects--Topical Terms:

1078936
Professionalism in sports
--History.--Great Britain

LC Class. No.: GV605 / .A43 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4830941

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