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02905aam a2200349 i 4500 001 E4C6561C177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 160411s2016 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016938603 020 $a 1784719943 020 $a 9781784719944 035 $a (OCoLC)950054373 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d YDX $d WVU $d OCLCF $d IUL $d IOY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a GV716 $b .S66 2016 082 04 $a 338.4/3796 $2 23 245 00 $a Sports through the lens of economic history / $c edited by Richard Pomfret, professor of economics, University of Adelaide, Australia and adjunct professor, the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy ; John K. Wilson, School of Commerce, UniSA Business School, University of South Australia. 264 1 $a Cheltenham, UK ; $b Edward Elgar Publishing, $c 2016. 300 $a ix, 151 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a New horizons in the economics of sport 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g 9. $t Epilogue / $r Richard Pomfret. $g 2. $t The evolution of professional team sports / $r Richard Pomfret -- $g 3. $t The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951-2004 / $r Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix -- $g 4. $t An economic history of the Tour de France, 1903-2015 / $r Jean-François Mignot -- $g 5. $t The relationship between crowd attendance and competitive balance: evidence from the SANFL, 1920-1983 / $r John K. Wilson -- $g 6. $t Ground sharing between cricket and football in Australia / $r Lionet Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Adel K. Halabi, Amanda J. Carter and Luc Borromwn -- $g 7. $t Workers' playtime: developing an explanatory typology of work-associated sport in Britain / $r Wray Vamplew -- $g 8. $t Ethnic inequality in professional sport: a question of discrimination in the National Hockey League draft / $r John Cranfield, Kris Inwood and J. Andrew Ross -- $g 9. $t Epilogue / $r Richard Pomfret. 520 $a From professional team sports to international events such as the Olympics and Tour de France, the modern sports industry continues to attract a large number of spectators and participants. This book, edited by Richard Pomfret and John K. Wilson analyzes the economic evolution of sports over the last 150 years, from a pastime activity to a big business enterprise. It begins at a time when entrepreneurs and players first started making money from professional sports leagues, through to the impact of radio and TV in the twentieth century, and onto the present day. 650 0 $a Sports $x History. $x History. 700 1 $a Pomfret, Richard W. T., $e editor. 700 1 $a Wilson, John K. $c (College teacher), $e editor. 830 0 $a New horizons in the economics of sport. 941 $a 1 952 $l UPAX334 $d 20230104040258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4C6561C177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search