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Claremont Graduate University
The Perpetuation of Nineteenth Century Amateurism as a British Virtue in Modern Olympic Track & Field
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>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.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- History, MA
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Arts and Humanities
- Year dc:date.available
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Smith, Katrina Marie
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Daniel Ramirez
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/610
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1632