Understanding sport : an introduction to the sociological and cultural analysis of sport / John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel
Imprint
London : E & FN Spon, c1999
Descript
xvii, 298 p. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Industrial society, social change and sports culture -- Case studies in the growth of modern sports -- Interpreting the growth of sports -- Social stratification and social division in sport -- Socialisation-social interaction and development -- Representation, sport and the media -- Sport, the state and politics -- Sport and work -- Commercialisation and the political economy of sport