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Tennis
- A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals
Af: Greg Ruth
Engelsk Paperback

Tennis

- A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals
Af: Greg Ruth
Engelsk Paperback

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Analyzing how tennis turned pro The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a professionalized sport. Merging wide-angle history with individual stories of players and off-the-court figures, Greg Ruth charts tennis's evolution into the game we watch today. His vivid account moves from the cloistered world of nineteenth-century lawn tennis through the longtime amateur-professional divide and the battles over commercialization that raged from the 1920s until 1968. From there, Ruth details the post-1968 expansion of the game as it was transformed by bankable superstars, a popular women's tour, rival governing bodies, and sponsorship money. What emerges is a fascinating history of the economics and politics that made tennis a decisive, if unlikely, force in the creation of modern-day sports entertainment. Comprehensive and engaging, Tennis tells the interlocking stories of the figures and factors that birthed the professional game.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9780252085888
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0252085884
Udg. Dato:
27 jul 2021
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
155mm
Forlag:
University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato:
27 jul 2021
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