Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0415093783
ISBN 13
9780415093781
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
296
Description
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender.Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
