Sociology of Sport [Paperback]

.This engaging, comprehensive textbook for sociology of sport courses takes a critical approach, focusing in particular on issues of power and inequality. By addressing questions such as Are sports free of racism and sexism? and Who pays for, and who benefits from, sports? , students understand sport from a sociological perspective rather than as simply a spectator or participant.Preface
Part I. TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF SPORT

1. The Sociological Analysis of Sport in American Society
An Overview of Sociology of Sport as a Field of Study
The Pervasiveness of Sport
The Discipline of Sociology
Assumptions of the Sociological Perspective
Thinking as a Sociologist: Sociological Imagination
Units of Sociological Analysis
The Micro Level
The Macro Level
Micro and Macro Levels and This Book
Sociological Theories: Contrasting Ways to See and Understand Social Life
Functionalism
Conflict Theory
Conflict/Cultural Social Theories
Sociological Theories and Sociology of Sport: Our Position
Key Topics in the Study of Sport and Society
Summary
Notes

2. Social and Cultural Transformations and the Rise of Sport in the United States
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Traditions in the United States
The Colonists Restrict Physical Activities
Early Nineteenth Century: Takeoff of Industrialization, Technology, and Organized Sport
Building a Framework for Organized Sport
The Technological Revolution and Sport
Latter Nineteenth Century: The Beginnings of Modern Sport
Urbanization and the Rise of Modern Sport Forms
Technological Innovation and Sport: Transportation
Technological Innovation and Sport: Communication
Technological Innovation and Equipment to Play Modern Sports
Other Technological Breakthroughs and Sport
The Cult of Manliness and Sport
Muscular Christianity and Intellectuals
Social Philosophy and Organized Sport
Twentieth and Twenty-Firslc°