{"product_id":"sport-histories","title":"Sport Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSports Histories\u003c\/em\u003e draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together ten case studies from a wide range of sports, including mainstream sports such as soccer, rugby, baseball, boxing and cricket, to other sports that until now have been largely neglected by sports historians, such as shooting, motor racing, tennis, gymnastics and martial arts. This groundbreaking work highlights key debates in the analysis of modern sport, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe relative influence of intra-national class conflict and international conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe relative prominence of commercially led processes in different contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe centrality of concerns over violence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edifferences between elite and mass-led sports developments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, \u003cem\u003eSport Histories\u003c\/em\u003e proves the distinctiveness of the figurational sociological approach and its usefulness in the study of the development of modern sport. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233576538456,"sku":"9780415397940","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415397940_86f30289-5a8f-48fb-8e3f-85b58db1c0f7.jpg?v=1770151542","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sport-histories","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}