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9781432959845

Sports and Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9781432959845

  • ISBN10:

    1432959840

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-01-01
  • Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree

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Summary

Sports Culture and Sociology examines the role that sporting traditions have played in human society from primitive cultures to the present day. Did sports begin simply for practical reasons such as training soldiers for war, or do humans have a less prac

Author Biography

Scott Witmer is a freelance writer living in Chicago. He has written books about science and politics.

Table of Contents

Sports Culture and Sociologyp. 4
Early Sports: From Play to Warp. 6
The Growth of Modern Sportsp. 12
Playing Sportsp. 24
Watching Sportsp. 38
The Ethics of Sports Culturep. 52
Topics for Discussionp. 54
Glossaryp. 56
Notes on Sourcesp. 58
Find Out Morep. 62
Indexp. 64
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