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Sport matters : sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization /

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers areas such as sport and the emotions, the commercialisation and professionalisation of sport and sport and gender.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dunning, Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure
  • Sport in the Western civilizing process
  • Sport in space and time : trajectories of state formation and the early development of modern sport
  • The development of soccer as a world game
  • The dynamics of sports consumption
  • Soccer hooliganism as a world social problem
  • Sports crowd violence in North America
  • Sport in the process of racial stratification : the case of the USA
  • Sport, gender and civilization.