Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation

by Eric Dunning

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415093783
• ISBN13: 9780415093781
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"