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Genre/Form: | Cross-cultural studies History Études transculturelles |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric Dunning; Joseph A Maguire; Robert E Pearton |
ISBN: | 0873224191 9780873224192 0880116242 9780880116244 |
OCLC Number: | 924850365 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 321 s |
Contents: | Part 1 - Perspectives on the making of modern sports: the sociology of sport in the Ancient World - Peter Macintosh; sport in the civilising process - Eric Dunning; the Victorian cult of the family and the early years of female sport - Jennifer Hargreaves; the critique of sport in modernity - Richard Gruneau. Part 2 - Aspects of the diffusion and development of modern sports: the diffusion of sports and the problem of cultural imperialism - Allen Guttmann; sport in Developing Countries - Klaus Heinemann; international aspects of sport in Latin America - Joseph L. Arbena; the industrialisation of the United States and the 'bourgeoisification' of American sport - Alan Ingham and Robert Beamish; American football, British society, and global sport development - Joseph Maguire. Part Contents. |
Responsibility: | [edited by] Eric G. Dunning, Joseph A. Maguire, Robert E. Pearton. |
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