Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies)
Myth and Reality in Sport
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2014
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-138-77636-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis and offers new insights into why and how modern sport has evolved into its present dominant position. It calls for radical reforms in the structure of, and attitudes towards, sport.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-77636-4 (9781138776364)
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Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field
Content
1. Sport in the Past: Myth and Reality 2. Victorian Society: Midwife of Modern Sport 3. The national Standardisation of Sport 4. The Development of International Sport 5. The Dominance of the Professional 6. The Emergence of the Spectator 7. The Effects of Commerce on Sport 8. The Public Face of Sport 9. The Political Dimension of Sport 10. Sport in the Future.