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Sport and Entrepreneurship

Dilwyn Porter · 2020
65/100
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A neat, under-explored corner of history — how entrepreneurs built and shaped sports from 19th-century horse racing to today's football — and it came through peer review before landing as a book, which counts for something. But this is squarely academic sport-history reading, and there's no sign it's reached beyond that circle.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness66
Craft & writing50
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit88
Human-eye read42
Penny’s verdict65
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