Eric Dunning eBooks

First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history. In a new epilogue the authors provide >>

This edited collection of sports histories examines the development of different sports from the perspective a figurational, or process, sociology.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers areas such as sport and the emotions, the commercialization and professionalization of sport >>