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Dilwyn Porter & Adrian (University of Southampton, UK) Smith
Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport [EPUB ebook]

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The pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain”s sports. At the end of the 20th century sports have been packaged and marketed as mass entertainment for a national or even international audience. This volume explores different facets of this phenomenon.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 214 ● ISBN 9781135307370 ● Editor Dilwyn Porter & Adrian (University of Southampton, UK) Smith ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3087273 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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