TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dunning,Eric
TI  - Sport matters: sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization 
SN  - 9781134870141 (electronic bk.)
AV  - GV706.5 .D85 1999eb
U1  - 306.4/83 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sports
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Violence in sports
KW  - Aspect sociologique
KW  - Études transculturelles
KW  - Violence dans les sports
KW  - Sport
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sociale aspecten
KW  - Vandalisme
KW  - Supporters
KW  - Geweld
KW  - swd
KW  - Kulturvergleich
KW  - Sportsoziologie
KW  - Gewalt
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-269) and index; On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure --; Sport in the Western civilizing process --; Sport in space and time : trajectories of state formation and the early development of modern sport --; The development of soccer as a world game --; The dynamics of sports consumption --; Soccer hooliganism as a world social problem --; Sports crowd violence in North America --; Sport in the process of racial stratification : the case of the USA --; Sport, gender and civilization
N2  - "Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport. It covers a wide range of issues including why modern sport developed first in England, the role of sport in European civilizing processes, the development of soccer as a world game, spectator violence in the UK, North America and the rest of the world, and the increasing commercialization and professionalization of sport. It also addresses issues surrounding gender and sport, and sport and racial stratification."--BOOK JACKET
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