Date of Award
2020
Degree Type
Open Access Master's Thesis
Degree Name
History, MA
Program
School of Arts and Humanities
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
Joshua Goode
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Daniel Ramirez
Terms of Use & License Information
Rights Information
© 2020 Katrina M Smith
Keywords
Amateur Athletic Clubs, Amateurism, Gentlemen's Clubs, Sports, Sports Business, Track & Field
Subject Categories
History | Sports Management
Abstract
This thesis explored the financial plight of modern track and field from a historical perspective. Historically, track and field was governed by organizations originally founded on the concept of amateurism. These organizations included the International Olympic Committee, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (now called World Athletics), the Amateur Athletic Union, Amateur Athletic Association, and amateur athletic clubs of Britain. From the mid-nineteenth century to the 1970s, amateurism dominated track and field worldwide beginning in Britain. In order to understand the financial structure of track and field historically, this thesis endeavored to examine amateurism as a British virtue.
ISBN
9798645464967
Recommended Citation
Smith, Katrina Marie. (2020). The Perpetuation of Nineteenth Century Amateurism as a British Virtue in Modern Olympic Track & Field. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 610. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/610.
