Sport matters : sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization / Eric Dunning.

Author/creator Dunning, Eric
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Descriptionix, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure -- Sport in the Western civilizing process -- Sport in space and time : trajectories of state formation and the early development of modern sport -- The development of soccer as a world game -- The dynamics of sports consumption -- Soccer hooliganism as a world social problem -- Sports crowd violence in North America -- Sport in the process of racial stratification : the case of the USA -- Sport, gender and civilization.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-269) and index.
LCCN 98047958
ISBN0415064139 (hbk)
ISBN0415093783 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GV706.5 .D85 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold