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Understanding Sports Culture

Understanding Sports Culture( )
Author: Schirato, Tony
Series title:Understanding Contemporary Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-1-84860-746-0
Publication Date:Oct 2007
Publisher:SAGE Publications, Limited
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:AUD $58.95
Book Description:

Understanding Sport Culture traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors (the festivals of Greece and Rome, and games such as folk football), through to its inception in the mid-nineteenth century as a set of activities designed to instill character and discipline in students in exclusive British public schools, up to its transformation into a global institution and popular spectacle. The narrative also focuses on and...
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Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.596 x 23.393 cm



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