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The Handbook of Sports Studies

By Eric Dunning , Jay Coakley

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications
Year
2000
ISBN
080397552X, 9780803975521
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3281640 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
570\608
Time added
2016-11-02 01:52:07
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Description

This vital new handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, Jay Coakley, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports s

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