Fair and Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

by D. Stanley Eitzen

Book Overview

The fifth edition of Fair and Foul explores America s love of sport, just as it reveals sport s darker side the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The new edition features revisions and updates throughout, including new information on sexuality as a divisive factor in sport, eating disorders and other health problems after retiring from sports, the continued rise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442212322
• ISBN13: 9781442212329
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"