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9781594515750

Sociology Of North American Sport

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  • ISBN13:

    9781594515750

  • ISBN10:

    1594515751

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-30
  • Publisher: Paradigm Pub

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The book that set the standard for sports textbooks has been extensively revised and updated for its new eighth edition. Among the many new topical additions are elite child athletics, gambling in college sports, performance enhancement drugs, sport and nationalism after 9/11, the Beijing Olympics, Nike and other corporations, the power of media in sport, and more on minorities and on disabilities in sport. The authors are experiences text authors as well as former athletes and coaches. They bring a unique perspective to topics that are current and much on the minds of students and professors competing in an ever more challenging sport environment--one beset by scandal, pressed for revenue production, and riddled with inequality.

Table of Contents

The Sociological Analysis of Sport in Societyp. 1
Social and Cultural Sources for the Rise of Sport in North Americap. 21
Sport and Societal Valuesp. 47
Youth and Sportp. 60
Interscholastic Sportp. 90
Intercollegiate Sportp. 111
Social Problems and North American Sport: Violence, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, and Gamblingp. 129
Sport and Religionp. 165
Sport and Politicsp. 195
Sport and the Economyp. 214
Sport and the Mass Mediap. 240
Sport, Social Stratification, and Social Mobilityp. 271
Racial-Ethnic Minorities and Sportp. 290
Gender in North American Sport: Continuity and Changep. 315
Contemporary Trends and the Future of Sport in North Americap. 346
Indexp. 377
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