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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Sociological Perspective of Sport | |
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| The Sociological Perspective | |
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| The Sociological Perspective of This Book | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Social Images and Sport | |
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| Two Images of American Society | |
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| Which Social Image is Accurate? | |
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| Applying the Social Images to Sport | |
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| Structures of Social Inequality: Social Class and Sport | |
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| Class Stratification | |
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| Class Stratification and Sport | |
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| Structures of Social Inequality: Gender Inequality in Sport | |
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| Patriarchy and Gender Relations | |
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| Sectors of Gender Inequality in American Society | |
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| Gender Stratification and Sport | |
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| Transforming Sport Culture Through Females in Sport | |
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| Structures of Social Inequality: Racial Inequality in Sport | |
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| Causes of Racial Inequality: Race or Economic? | |
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| The Legacy of Racial Inequality | |
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| Racial Inequality in Contemporary America | |
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| Racial Inequality in Sport | |
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| Social Mobility Through Sport for African Americans | |
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| Sport and the State: The Political Economy of American Sport | |
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| State Power and Capitalist Enterprise in America | |
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| Role of the State in Private Accumulation | |
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| Capital Accumulation and Sport | |
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| Social Costs of Private Enterprise | |
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| Social Costs of Private Enterprise in Sport | |
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| Ideological Role of the State | |
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| Sport and the Promotion of National Ideology | |
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| The American State and International Affairs | |
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| Commercialization of Sport: From Informal to Corporate Organization | |
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| The Foundations of Modern American Sport | |
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| American Sport in the 20th Century | |
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| The Commercial Imperative in 20th Century Sport | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| Mass Media and Sport: Managing Images, Impressions, and Ideology | |
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| Power and Ideological Control of the American Mass Media | |
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| The Role of Print and Electronic Media in Sport | |
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| The Lucrative Association Between Television and Sport | |
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| Ideological Hegemony, the Media, and Sport | |
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| Gender, Race, and the Mass Media | |
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| The Professional Team Sports Industry | |
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| Professional Team Sports as an Industry | |
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| Development of Professional Team Sports | |
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| Cartel Organization of Professional Sports Leagues | |
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| Professional Sport Team Owners | |
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| Professional Athletes and the Social Relations of Their Production | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| Power and Ideology in Intercollegiate Sport | |
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| Big-Time Intercollegiate Athletics is Big Business | |
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| Shift From Student Games to Big-Time Sport | |
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| Big-Time College Sport and Amateur Sport Ideology | |
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| Scandals and Reform in Big-Time College Sport | |
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| Awareness, Opposition, and Potential Reform | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| Building Character Through Youth and School Sport | |
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| Growth of Public Education and Organized Sport | |
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| Organized Sports Sponsored by Nonschool Agencies | |
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| Youth and School Sport as Agents of Social and Moral Development | |
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| Ethos of Youth and School Sport | |
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| Transformative Potential of Youth and School Sport | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| Sport as a Site for Agency: Resistance and Transformation | |
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| Challenging Hegemony in Sport | |
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| Sport and Social Transformation | |
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| Obstacles to Change in Sport | |
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| A Vision for the Future of Sport | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |