ISBN:
9781138776364
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (270 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions Sports Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version fair game : Myth and Reality in Sport
DDC:
306.4830941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈P〉This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis and offers new insights into why and how modern sport has evolved into its present dominant position. It calls for radical reforms in the structure of, and attitudes towards, sport. 〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Sport in the Past: Myth and Reality; Chapter 2 Victorian Society: Midwife of Modern Sport; Chapter 3 The National Standardisation of Sport; Chapter 4 The Development of International Sport; Chapter 5 The Dominance of the Professional; Chapter 6 The Emergence of the Spectator; Chapter 7 The Effects of Commerce on Sport; Chapter 8 The Public Face of Sport; Chapter 9 The Political Dimension of Sport; Chapter 10 Sport in the Future
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
