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Sport: Critical Concepts in Sociology
Contributor(s): Dunning, Eric (Editor), Malcolm, Dominic (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0415262925     ISBN-13: 9780415262927
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $1102.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2003
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Annotation: This collection provides an invaluable resource for the burgeoning field of sports studies. It offers a selection of classic works and more recent groundbreaking journal articles on the sociology of sports, covering areas such as gender, globalization of sport, race and ethnicity, commercialization, drugs, health and injury, and many more.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports
- Sports & Recreation | Reference
Dewey: 306.483
LCCN: 2002037173
Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology
Physical Information: 4.6" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" L (7.14 lbs) 1768 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offering a selection of classic works and more recent, groundbreaking journal articles on the sociology of sport.
Key features of this collection are:

* Comprehensive and critical coverage of the field
* Historical and comparative approaches detail how modern sport has developed
* Articles which illustrate the international diversity of the study of the social aspects of sport and sport per se
* Cross-disciplinary articles

The four volumes cover:
* Approaches to the Study of Sport
* The Development and Structure of Modern Sport
* Sport and Power Relations
* Major Issues in Contemporary Sport

With an international range of themes, contextual introductions to each volume and a comprehensive index, this will become an indispensible research tool for students and researchers.
 
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