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Author:   Wray Vamplew (University of Stirling, Scotland, UK and University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781138635074

ISBN 10:   1138635073
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   10 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Count me in: reflections on a career as a sports historian 2. The power of numbers: a plea for more quantitative sports history Part II: Sport, economics and the economy 3. Scottish football before 1914: an economic analysis of a gate-money sport 4. Sport, industry and industrial sport in Britain before 1914: review and revision 5. ‘It is pleasing to know that football can be devoted to charitable purposes’: British football and charity 1870–1918 Part III: The sports professional 6. Still crazy after all those years: continuity in a changing labour market for professional jockeys 7. Successful workers or exploited labour? Golf professionals and professional golfers in Britain 1888–1914 Part IV: Developing theory 8. Empiricism, theoretical concepts and the development of the British golf club before 1914 9. Playing together: towards a theory of the British sports club in history

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Wray Vamplew is Emeritus Professor of Sports History at the University of Stirling and Visiting Research Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research has gained awards from the North American Society for Sport History and the Australian Sports Commission. He is currently working on an international economic history of sport.

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