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D. Stanley Eitzen, George H. Sage
ISBN: 9781594515750
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Paradigm
Edition: 8th Revised edition
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Covers 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 minorities and disabilities in sport.
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.
| ISBN | 1594515751 | | Pages | 400 | | ISBN13 | 9781594515750
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Paradigm | | Weight (grammes) | 658 | | Imprint | Paradigm | | Published in | E. Boulder | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 20 Oct 2008 | | Width (mm) | 191 | | Library of Congress | 2007052282 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 306.483 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| Ch. 1 | | The Sociological Analysis of Sport in Society | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Social and Cultural Sources for the Rise of Sport in North America | | 21 | | Ch. 3 | | Sport and Societal Values | | 47 | | Ch. 4 | | Youth and Sport | | 60 | | Ch. 5 | | Interscholastic Sport | | 90 | | Ch. 6 | | Intercollegiate Sport | | 111 | | Ch. 7 | | Social Problems and North American Sport: Violence, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, and Gambling | | 129 | | Ch. 8 | | Sport and Religion | | 165 | | Ch. 9 | | Sport and Politics | | 195 | | Ch. 10 | | Sport and the Economy | | 214 | | Ch. 11 | | Sport and the Mass Media | | 240 | | Ch. 12 | | Sport, Social Stratification, and Social Mobility | | 271 | | Ch. 13 | | Racial-Ethnic Minorities and Sport | | 290 | | Ch. 14 | | Gender in North American Sport: Continuity and Change | | 315 | | Ch. 15 | | Contemporary Trends and the Future of Sport in North America | | 346 | | | | Index | | 377 |
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