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020 $a9781408152157 (pbk.)
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100 1 $aSteen, Rob,$eauthor.
245 10 $aFloodlights and touchlines :$ba history of spectator sport /$cRob Steen.
250 $aFirst edition
264 1 $aLondon :$bBloomsbury,$c2014.
300 $axii, 531 pages,$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
530 $aAlso issued online.
505 0 $aIntroduction : it's only bats and balls (but we like it) -- The sound (and fury) of the crowd : sport and spectators -- Class wars : how spectator sport began -- Odds and sods : sport and gambling -- Ringmasters Inc : sport and governance -- The first taboo : sport and professionalism. From "gentlemen" to shamateurs ; Pride and prejudice -- Well-paid slaves : sport and players' rights -- The us syndrome : sport and internationalism -- Reluctant partners : sport and politics -- No normal sport in an abnormal society : sport and race. Disunited states ; For the common wealth -- The grass ceiling : sport and sexuality.
520 $a"Focusing on spectator sports and their accompanying issues, tracing their origins, evolution and impact, inside the lines and beyond the boundary, this book offers a thematic history of professional sport and the ingredients that magnetize the world. It tells the stories that matter: from the gladiators of Rome to the runners of Rift Valley via the innovator-missionaries of Rugby School ; from multifaceted British exports to the Americanisation of professionalism and the Indianisation of cricket. Rob Steen traces the development of the sports that capitvate the turnstile millions and the mouse-clicking masses, addressing their key themes and commonalities, from creation myths to match-fixing via race, politics, sexuality and internationalism. Insightful and revelatory, this is an entertaining exploration of spectator sports' intrinsic place in culture and how sport imitates life - and life imitates sport"--Book jacket.
650 0 $aSports$xHistory.
650 0 $aSports spectators.
650 7 $aSports.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01130432
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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