| Description |
1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Play, games, contests, sports. -- From ritual to record. -- Capitalism, Protestantism, and modern sport. -- Why baseball was our national game. -- The fascination of football. -- Individualism reconsidered. -- Conclusion. -- Afterword: From ritual to record: a retrospective critique |
| Summary |
- Richard D. Mandell, Journal of American History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-197) and index |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life |
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Print version record |
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Sports -- Social aspects -- United States
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Sports -- Social aspects
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sociology of Sports.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Sports -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231517072 |
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0231517076 |
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