TY - BOOK AU - Sage,George Harvey TI - Sociology of sport / SN - 9780197622711 AV - GV706.5 .E57 2023 PY - 2023///] CY - New York ; , Oxford: PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Sports KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Canada KW - Sociological aspects N1 - "� 1993, 1989, 1986, 1982, 1978 by Wm C. Brown. � 2003, 1997 by McGraw-Hill. � 2023, 2019, 2016, 2013 by Oxford University Press"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Now in its twelfth edition, Sociology of Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society. Bringing a unique viewpoint to the subject, George H. Sage, D. Stanley Eitzen, Becky Beal, and Matthew Atencio analyze and, in turn, demythologize sport. This method promotes an understanding of how a sociological perspective differs from commonsense perceptions about sport and society, helping students to understand sport in a new way"-- ER -