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Pay Up and Play the Game : Professional Sport in Britain, 1875-1914: IÉ ®XBookWeb (364 words) |
 | An economic analysis of the emergence of mass spectator sport during the years prior to World War I, this study explores the tensions behind an increasingly commercialized activity that was suffused with "gentlemanly" values at many levels and highlights the manner in which this has changed. |
| An economic analysis of the emergence of mass spectator sport during the years prior to World War I, this study explores the tensions behind an increasingly commercialized activity that was suffused with "gentlemanly" values at many levels, and highlights the manner in which this has changed, as working class consumption and participation became predominant. |
| The links between sport, gambling, crime and spectator violence are discussed and the author concludes football hooliganism has its roots in the so called "Golden Age" of sport in Britain. |
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