Sport and Society in Modern France

by Richard Holt

List of Plates Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Sport in its Social Context PART I: CASE-STUDIES The Spread of Field Sports The Growth of Gymnastics: Patriotism or Pleasure? The English Sports: Gentlemen and Players Cyclings as a Commercial Spectacle Bullfighting and Cockfighting: he Survival of Regional Culture PART II: MAJOR THEMES The Tradition of Violence: Brutality, Hooliganism and Combativity Sport and Sociability Sport and Status Sport and Politics: Ideology and Recruitment Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333259513
• ISBN13: 9780333259511
• Release Date: July 1981
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"