Research Catalog

Title

Sports through the lens of economic history / 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.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Pomfret, Richard W. T.
• Wilson, John K. (College teacher)

Description

ix, 151 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

New horizons in the economics of sport

Uniform Title

New horizons in the economics of sport.

Subject

• Sports > History
• Sports > Economic aspects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Sports economics and the sports industry: perspectives in economic history / John K. Wilson -- 2. The evolution of professional team sports / Richard Pomfret -- 3. The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951-2004 / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix -- 4. An economic history of the Tour de France, 1903-2015 / Jean-François Mignot -- 5. The relationship between crowd attendance and competitive balance: evidence from the SANFL, 1920-1983 / John K. Wilson -- 6. Ground sharing between cricket and football in Australia / Lionet Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Adel K. Halabi, Amanda J. Carter and Luc Borromwn -- 7. Workers' playtime: developing an explanatory typology of work-associated sport in Britain / Wray Vamplew -- 8. Ethnic inequality in professional sport: a question of discrimination in the National Hockey League draft / John Cranfield, Kris Inwood and J. Andrew Ross -- 9. Epilogue / Richard Pomfret.

ISBN

• 9781784719944
• 1784719943
• 9781784719951 (canceled/invalid)
• 1784719951 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2016938603
• 99970367065

OCLC

• ocn950054373
• 950054373
• SCSB-9403126

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries