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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783964203321

Titolo

Sport histories [[electronic resource] ] : figurational studies in the development of modern sports / / edited by Eric Dunning, Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-44747-7

0-203-59995-0

1-280-07686-0

0-203-49743-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DunningEric

MalcolmDominic <1969->

WaddingtonIvan

Disciplina

796/.09

Soggetti

Sports - History

Sports - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : history, sociology and the sociology of sport : the work of Norbert Elias / Eric Dunning, Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington -- Boxing in the western civilizing process / Ken Sheard -- Public schools, status rivalry and the development of football / Eric Dunning and Graham Curry -- Rugby union football in England : civilizing processes and the de-institutionalization of amateurism / Andrew White -- Cricket : civilizing and de-civilizing processes in the imperial game / Dominic Malcolm -- Baseball : myths and modernization / Daniel Bloyce -- Game, set and match : lawn tennis, from early origins to modern sport / Ian Cooper -- The influence of state formation processes on the early development of motor racing / Alex Twitchen -- Clay shooting : civilization in the line of fire / Stuart Smith -- The development of sport in Japan : martial arts and baseball / Koichi Kiku -- After Olga : developments in women's artistic gymnastics following the 1972 'Olga Korbut phenomenon' / Tansin Benn and Barry Benn -- Conclusion : figurational sociology and the development of modern



sport / Eric Dunning, Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington.

Sommario/riassunto

Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together ten case studies from a wide range of sports, including mainstream sports such as soccer, rugby, baseball, boxing and cricket, to other sports that until now have been largely neglected by sports historians, such as shooting, motor racing, tennis, gymnastics and martial arts. This groundbreaking work highlights key debates in the analysis of modern sport, such as:the relative influence of intra-national class conflict and in