Sports and Their Fans: The History, Economics and Culture of the Relationship Between Spectator and Sport

by Kevin G. Quinn

Book Overview

Though Americans spend more than $25 billion a year on sports and sporting events, this book argues that the influence of sports on our lives is even more profound than this huge figure would seem to suggest. Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the future of spectator sport, this book surveys...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786438029
• ISBN13: 9780786438020
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher