Sport Histories - Figurational Studies in the Development of Modern Sports

Informationen zum Autor Eric Dunning is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University College Dublin and the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. Dominic Malcolm is a Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester. Ivan Waddington is Visiting Professor at the University College Dublin, Norweigen University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, and University College Chester. Zusammenfassung This book draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport, looking at both mainstream and less well studied sports. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: History, Sociology and the Sociology of Sport: the Work of Norbert Elias 2. Boxing in the western Civilizing Process 3. Public Schools, Status Rivalry and the Development of Football 4. Rugby Union Football in England: Civilizing Processes and the De-institutionalization of Amateurism 5. Cricket: Civilizing and De-civilizing Processes in the Imperial Game 6. Baseball: Myths and Modernization 7. Game, Set and Match. Lawn Tennis: from Early Origins to Modern Sport 8. The Influence of State Formation Processes on the Early Development of Motor Racing 9. Clay Shooting: Civilization in the line of fire 10. The Development of Sport in Japan: Martial Arts and Baseball 11. After Olga: Developments in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Following the 1972 'Olga Korbut Phenomenon' 12. Conclusion: Figurational Sociology and the Development of Modern Sport

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• Authors: Eric Malcolm Dunning
• Assisted by: Eric Dunning (Editor), Dunning Eric (Editor), Dominic Malcolm (Editor), Malcolm Dominic (Editor), Ivan Waddington (Editor), Waddington Ivan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2006
• EAN: 9780415397940
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39794-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; History: specific events & topics, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HISTORY / General, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, History: specific events and topics