1900 - 1914 The Consumer Society Jump to:
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Together with such pastimes as lawn tennis, archery, and trapshooting, some of these clubs began also to provide facilities for a game new to America. It was far more important than yachting, coaching, or polo. Read More
The inauguration of international associations, for football in 1904 and lawn tennis in 1913, accelerated international competition. The modem Olnnpic mavement and its organizing body, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was founded in 1895 by Pierre de Coubertin.
It was the exemplar for international amateur sport, in which the contestants participate without being paid. In common with other international bodies, it was controlled by middle- and upper-class men with economic power and elitist ideas. Read More
There was a popular idea that women were unsuited to take part in vigorous sports. Only moderate exercise, without overindulgence or risk of strain, was considered suitable for females and their potential to have healthy children.
They might enjoy sports such as tennis and gymnastics, which were considered appropriate for women, or remedial and therapeutic forms of exercise, but women faced serious opposition and harsh ridicule if they wanted to participate in traditional male sports, which were supposed to have disabling and de-sexing characteristics. Read More
British football, as it developed in the state school system and clubs, transformed ideas about what modem sport means.
By 1910 there were 300,000 football players in 12,000 clubs registered with the Football Assoeiation (FA). After 1900, market forces increasingly replaced paternalism, and professional football was promoted by business patrons who saw opportunities to exploit the new mass demand for entertainment. Read More
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