Sport matters sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization - Dunning, Eric (Routledge, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index
On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure -- - Sport in the Western civilizing process -- - Sport in space and time : trajectories of state formation and the early development of modern sport -- - The development of soccer as a world game -- - The dynamics of sports consumption -- - Soccer hooliganism as a world social problem -- - Sports crowd violence in North America -- - Sport in the process of racial stratification : the case of the USA -- - Sport, gender and civilization
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers areas such as sport and the emotions, the commercialisation and professionalisation of sport and sport and gender