Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xv
6. General Introduction. Sport as a Field of Sociological Enquiry xvii
7. Part I. Some Concepts and Theories
8. Introduction 3
9. Chapter 1. The Play Element in Contemporary Sport 11
10. Chapter 2. The Classification of Games 17
11. Chapter 3. Sport as Symbolic Dialogue 40
12. Chapter 4. American Sports: Play and Display 47
13. Chapter 5. Dynamics of Sport Groups with Special Reference to Football 66
14. Part II. The Development of Sports and Games
15. Introduction 83
16. Chapter 6. The Genesis of Sport as a Sociological Problem 88
17. Chapter 7. Folk Football in Medieval and Early Modern Britain 116
18. Chapter 8. The Development of Modern Football 133
19. Chapter 9. Football in America: A Study in Culture Diffusion 152
20. Part III. (A) Sports and Socialisation
21. Introduction 171
22. Chapter 10. On Bullfights and Baseball: An Example of Interaction of Social Institutions 175
23. Chapter 11. On Scholarship and Interscholastic Athletics 198
24. Part III. (B) Class and Race in Sport
25. Introduction 233
26. Chapter 12. Social Stratification and Mobility Among Young German Sportsmen 237
27. Chapter 13. Negroes in Baseball 259
28. Part III. (C) Sport As An Occupation
29. Introduction 281
30. Chapter 14. The Occupational Culture of the Boxer 285
31. Chapter 15. Wrestling—The Great American Passion Play 301
32. Part III. (D) Conflict and Social Control in Sport
33. Introduction 339
34. Chapter 16. Notes on Inter-Group Conflicts in International Sport 343
35. Chapter 17. “Football Mad”: A Speculative Sociology of Football Hooliganism 352
36. Index 379