Football U.: Spectator Sports in the Life of the American University

by J. Douglas Toma

The Big Ten . . . the SEC . . . the Final Four . . . sometimes it seems that American higher education is more about sports than studies. Not so, says this well-researched, evenhanded study of athletics in university life. Sports--particularly football--play a key role in defining institutions that might otherwise be indistinguishable and are an indispensable tool in building a sense of community on campus, as well as an important factor in mustering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472112996
• ISBN13: 9780472112999
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"