Understanding Sports Culture

ISBN-13: 9781412907392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 160 str.

T Schirato

Opis

Traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors, through to its inception in the mid-19th century as a set of activities designed to instill character and discipline in students in exclusive British public schools, up to its transformation into a global institution and popular spectacle.