| Description |
xiii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
From fun to business -- Jock liberation and the counterculture -- Play, games and sport -- Games and culture -- The Agonistic tradition -- Puritanism and the achievement ethic -- Sport in the Soviet Union -- Sport in the People's Republic of China -- Sport in the Third World -- The sport establishment -- Sport and social power -- Social character of the different sports -- Socialization -- Sport violence and social violence -- Self-actualization -- Athlete and spectator |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 347-369 |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
86027196 |
| ISBN |
0873220943 |
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