Sport Matters

Sport Matters
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9781134870134
ISBN-13 : 1134870132
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Book Synopsis Sport Matters by : Eric Dunning

Download or read book Sport Matters written by Eric Dunning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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