Sport Matters
Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation
List Price: $190.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-06413-2
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 04/22/1999
- Pages: 296
- Trim Size: 234X156
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About the Book
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 examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity.
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