A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age
Riess, Steven A. / McClelland, John / Dyreson, Mark / Vamplew, Wray
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and transportation innovations, declining racism, diplomacy, political ideologies, feminization, democratization, as well as increasing professionalization and commercialization. Sport has now become both a global cultural force and one of the deepest ways in wh...