Sport, a Cultural History

by Richard D. Mandell

Book Overview

Today's calender is set in the minds of many people by the World Series, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, and the World Cup, rather than by months and days. Sport must mean something. What? Richard Mandell's Sport: A Cultural History shows that sport has always vividly illustrated and reinforced the existing social and moral order. Considering that much of modern sport has evolved in England and America, it is remarkable that so few comprehensive serious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023105470X
• ISBN13: 9780231054706
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.