ABSTRACT

This book seeks to redress the balance of reporting in the sport's literature which has always favoured the activities of aquatic gentlemen at the public schools, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Henley Regatta and on the River Thames. This study focuses on the many who helped instigate and nurture the sport but who have been forgotten due to their not being associated with the elite of the sport.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

Occupational Origins

chapter 3|24 pages

Commercialism

chapter 4|34 pages

Professionalism

chapter 5|25 pages

Recreationalism

chapter 6|27 pages

Amateurism

chapter 7|22 pages

Club Fortunes

chapter 8|18 pages

Post-war Developments, 1945–91

chapter 9|13 pages

Conclusions