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Understanding Sports Culture - Understanding Contemporary Culture series Tony Schirato
Understanding Sports Culture - Understanding Contemporary Culture series
Tony Schirato
Traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors, through to its inception in the mid-19th century as a set of activities designed to instill character and discipline in students in exclusive British public schools, up to its transformation into a global institution and popular spectacle.
160 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 4, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9781412907385 |
| Publishers | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Pages | 160 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 15 mm · 400 g |
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