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Author Leonard, Wilbert Marcellus.

Title A sociological perspective of sport / Wilbert Marcellus Leonard II ; [editorial, Wayne Schotanus, Marta Reynolds, Elisabeth Sövik ; art, Joan Gordon, Lynn Guilfoyle Dwyer]
Published Minneapolis, Minn. : Burgess Pub. Co., [1980]
©1980

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Description viii, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction to the sociology of sport -- 2. A brief historical overview of the rise of American sport -- 3. Sport and social organization -- 4. Sport and culture -- 5. Sport and socialization -- 6. Sport and social deviance -- 7. Sport and social stratification -- 8. Blacks in sport: prejudice and discrimination -- 9. Women in sport -- 10. Sport and small groups -- 11. Sport, economics, and politics -- 12. Sport and the mass media -- 13. Sport, collective behavior, and social change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
Sports -- United States -- Sociological aspects.
Author Reynolds, Marta.
Schotanus, Wayne.
Sövik, Elisabeth.
LC no. 79054688
ISBN 0808712969