 | Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation Subjects: Sports and Leisure; Social Sciences; Sociology & Social Policy; Sport and Leisure Studies; Sociology of Sport; Sports History; Social Theory; Sociology of Culture; 1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Eric Dunning is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester and Visiting Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin. He is author of a number of works, including Quest for Excitement (1989) and Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process (1992). |
