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How track and field athletes won control of their sport

About the Author

Joseph M. Turrini is an assistant professor of library and information science at Wayne State University.

Reviews

"Broadly conceived and thorough in its analysis, The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field examines the power relations in track and field and shows how track athletes successfully negotiated labour issues. Joseph M. Turrini offers heretofore uncovered stories and events in track and field that help explain the inner workings of sport as social and political institutions." David K. Wiggins, author of Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White World