Sport Matters : Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation

Dunning, Eric

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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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Book information

ISBN:	9780415093781
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	22 Apr 1999
DEWEY:	306.483
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	281
Weight:	464g
Height:	152mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	18mm