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Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation

By Eric Dunning

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0415093783, 9780415093781, 9780203159569
LCC
GV706.5 .D85 1999
Open Library ID
OL385320M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1466726 bytes)
Pages
296\293
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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.

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