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Informationen zum Autor Rob Steen Klappentext Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014 Spectator sport is living, breathing, non-stop theatre for all. 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 magnetise millions around the globe. 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 multi-faceted British exports to the Americanisation of professionalism and the Indianisation of cricket. Rob Steen traces the development of these sports which captivate 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: It's Only Bats And Balls (But We Like It) - Why Spectator Sport Matters More Than It Did (And More Than It Should) 1.The Sound (And Fury) Of The Crowd: Sport and Spectators 2.Class Wars: How Spectator Sport Began 3.Odds and Sods: Sport and Gambling 4.Ringmasters Inc: Sport and Governance 5.Sport and Professionalism I From "Gentlemen" to Shamateurs II Pride and Prejudice 6.Well-Paid Slaves: Sport and Players' Rights 7.The Us Syndrome: Sport and Internationalism 8.Reluctant Partners: Sport and Politics 9.No Normal Sport In An Abnormal Society: Sport and Race I - Disunited States II - For the Common Wealth 10.The Grass Ceiling: Sport and Sexuality
