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Overview

This informative text focuses on the role of sport in U.S. and Canadian societies. The approach is sociological,analytical,and critical.
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A study of organized sports--professional, amateur, and youth--in the US and Canada. Emphasizes the structure of sports, the social forces that impinge on its activities and organizations, and the impact it has on society. The third edition was in 1986; the first in 1978. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780697009876
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
  • Publication date: 1/1/1986
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 360

Meet the Author

D. Stanley Eitzen is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Colorado State University.

George H. Sage is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Kinesiology at the University of Northern Colorado.

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Table of Contents

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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