Edited by Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Adelaide, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy and John K. Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of South Australia Business School, Australia

'Sports in the modern era have acquired an unprecedented social significance, a conjuncture that can only be understood through the lens of history of economics. This is an important book that offers a number of significant contributions and shows how the combined wisdom of these two disciplines can put modern sports in their proper context.'

• Contents:1. Sports Economics and the Sports Industry: Perspectives in Economic HistoryJohn K. Wilson2. The Evolution of Professional Team Sports Richard Pomfret3. The Very Short tenure of Foreign Players in Japanese Professional Baseball, 1951-2004Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix4. An Economic History of the Tour de France, 1903-2015 Jean-François Mignot5. The Relationship between Crowd Attendance and Competitive Balance – evidence from the SANFL 1920-83 John K. Wilson6. Ground sharing between Cricket and Football in Australia Lionel Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Abdel K. Halabi, Amanda Carter and Luc Borrowman7. Workers' Playtime: Developing an explanatory typology of work-associated sport in Britain Wray Vamplew8. Ethnic Inequality in Professional Sport: A question of discrimination in the National Hockey League draft John Cranfield, Kris Inwood and J. Andrew Ross9. Epilogue Richard PomfretIndex

Edited by Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Adelaide, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy and John K. Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of South Australia Business School, Australia

'Sports in the modern era have acquired an unprecedented social significance, a conjuncture that can only be understood through the lens of history of economics. This is an important book that offers a number of significant contributions and shows how the combined wisdom of these two disciplines can put modern sports in their proper context.'

• Contents:1. Sports Economics and the Sports Industry: Perspectives in Economic HistoryJohn K. Wilson2. The Evolution of Professional Team Sports Richard Pomfret3. The Very Short tenure of Foreign Players in Japanese Professional Baseball, 1951-2004Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix4. An Economic History of the Tour de France, 1903-2015 Jean-François Mignot5. The Relationship between Crowd Attendance and Competitive Balance – evidence from the SANFL 1920-83 John K. Wilson6. Ground sharing between Cricket and Football in Australia Lionel Frost, Margaret Lightbody, Abdel K. Halabi, Amanda Carter and Luc Borrowman7. Workers' Playtime: Developing an explanatory typology of work-associated sport in Britain Wray Vamplew8. Ethnic Inequality in Professional Sport: A question of discrimination in the National Hockey League draft John Cranfield, Kris Inwood and J. Andrew Ross9. Epilogue Richard PomfretIndex