The Sports process : a comparative and developmental approach /
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| Imprint: | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, c1993. |
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| Description: | xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1633704 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sports in Comparative and Developmental
- Perspective
- Part I. Perspectives on the Making of Modern Sports
- The Sociology of Sport in the Ancient World
- Sport in the Civilising Process: Aspects of the Development of Modern Sport
- The Victorian Cult of the Family and the Early Years of Female Sport
- The Critique of Sport in Modernity: Theorising Power, Culture, and the Politics of the Body
- Conclusion to Part I
- Part II. Aspects of the Diffusion and Development of Modern Sports
- The Diffusion of Sports and the Problem of Cultural Imperialism
- Sport in Developing Countries
- International Aspects of Sport in Latin America: Perceptions, Prospects and Proposals
- The Industrialisation of the United States and the 'Bourgeoisification' of American Sport
- American Football, British Society, and Global Sport Development
- Conclusion to Part II
- Part III. Comparative and Developmental Studies of Modern Sports Cultures
- Sport in Capitalist and Socialist Countries: A Western Perspective
- Sport, Politics, and South Africa (1948-1989)
- Sport and the Economy: A Developmental Perspective
- Conclusion to Part III Postscript: Sociology and the Sociology of Sport in a Rapidly Changing World