Sport and Society: History, Power and Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780335210701)

This is a succinct and comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport. It starts by tracing the key 'moments' in the transition from pre-modern to modern sport, giving detailed accounts of the athletic competition in the ancient games at Olympia; the genesis of modern track-and-field athletics in nineteenth-century England; and the reconstruction by de Coubertin and unfolding of the Olympic movement through the twentieth century.

Author: Graham Scambler, Scambler Graham
ISBN-10: 0335210708
ISBN-13: 9780335210701
Publisher: Open University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d