Learning Culture Through Sports Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports |
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Editor:
| Prettyman, Sandra Spickard Lampman, Brian |
Contribution by:
| Abrams, Doug Coakley, Jay Cooky, Cheryl Dionigi, Rylee Harrison, Keith Hattery, Angela J. Katz, Jackson King, C. Richard Kusz, Kyle Jones, Carwyn Lapchick, Richard McDonald, Mary Norman, Leanne Rail, Genevieve Ravel, Barbara Smith, Earl Staurowsky, Ellen Thomas, Cheria Williams, Sanford S. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4422-0630-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $124.00 |
Book Description:
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Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better understand how sport influences contemporary American society, both positively and negatively.
Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better understand how sport influences contemporary American society, both positively and negatively.