Sport in Contemporary Society: An Anthology - Softcover

Eitzen, D. Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572599545 ISBN 13: 9781572599543

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

This classic anthology analyzes the sociological implications of sports in modern society through a series of interesting and informative essays.  Sport in Contemporary Society can be used in a variety of ways, as a primary text for courses in the sociology of sport, as a supplementary text for a sociology course, or even for general readers who wish to deepen their understanding and appreciation of sport.  35 articles, 21 new to this edition, are included.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Varda Burstyn, Jay J. Coakley, Alexander Wolff, Timothy Jon Curry, Dan C. Hilliard, Michael A. Messner, Michelle Dunbar, Darnell Hunt, Douglas A. Lederman, Laurel R. Davis, Maxine Baca Zinn, Larry Tye, Joan Ryan, Mike Bresnahan, Leslie Heywood, Jill Neimark, Richard E. Lapchick, Murray Sperber, Alisa Solomon, Paul Newberry, Tom Lowry, Roger G. Noll, Andrew Zimbalist, Kevin Simpson, George H. Sage, Mike Klis, Donna Lopiano, Pat Griffin, Brian Pronger, Peter Dreier.

About the Author:

D. Stanley Eitzen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Colorado State University, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. Although he is well known for his scholarship on homelessness, poverty, social inequality, power, family, and criminology, he is best known for his contributions to the sociology of sport. In 1996, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow at the Institute for International Sport.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1572599545
• ISBN 13: 9781572599543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 384