1st Edition

To Play the Game Analysis of Sports

By J. Bowyer Bell Copyright 1987
205 Pages
by Routledge

In this fascinating analysis of the development, structure, and strategies of sports, Bell argues that games are an institution that not only reflect society but also mold society. He develops a typology of seven game levels from the primitive to the decadent and examines the history of game development in Western civilization, through the relation of the various game levels to national ambitions... Read more

Biography

J. Bowyer Bell