| Description |
xvii, 298 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Industrial society, social change and sports culture -- 2. Case studies in the growth of modern sports -- 3. Interpreting the growth of sports : debates in history and theory -- 4. Social stratification and social division in sport -- 5. Socialisation - social interaction and development -- 6. Representation, sport and the media -- 7. Sport, the state and politics -- 8. Sport and work -- 9. Commercialisation and the political economy of sport |
| Summary |
Understanding Sport introduces students to the central elements of a sociological and cultural analysis of sport. It specifically examines sport in modern British society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
| Subject |
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Sports -- Great Britain -- History.
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Sports -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects.
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| Author |
Tomlinson, Alan, author
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Whannel, Garry, author
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Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
98042126 |
| ISBN |
0419136401 (paperback) |
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0419252908 (hardback) |
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9780419136408 (paperback) |
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9780419252900 (hardback) |
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