Amateurism in British Sport

Amateurism in British Sport
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781136802911
ISBN-13 : 1136802916
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Book Synopsis Amateurism in British Sport by : Dilwyn Porter

Download or read book Amateurism in British Sport written by Dilwyn Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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