Sport and Society: History, Power and Culture

by Graham Scambler

Book Overview

This is a succinct and comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport. It starts by tracing the key 'moments' in the transition from pre-modern to modern sport, giving detailed accounts of the athletic competition in the ancient games at Olympia; the genesis of modern track-and-field athletics in nineteenth-century England; and the reconstruction by de Coubertin and unfolding of the Olympic movement through the twentieth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335210708
• ISBN13: 9780335210701
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"