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To Play the Game: An Analysis of Sports
by J. Bowyer Bell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Transaction Publishers (1987-01-01)
ISBN: 0887381022
EAN: 9780887381027
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 205 pages
SKU: USOC-0411
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: No dust jacket. Ex Library copy with usual markings. Stamps reading "US Olympic Committee Information Resource Center." & "Discarded from USOC Library". Binding like new, text clean & bright. Appears unread.Ships fast from smoke free home with email confirmation.Ships fast from smoke free home with email confirmation.
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Product Description
In this fascinating analysis of the development, structure, and strategies of sports, Bell argues that games are an institution that not only reflect society but also mold society. He develops a typology of seven game levels from the primitive to the decadent and examines the history of game development in Western civiliation, through the relation of the various game levels to national ambitions and strategies. To Play the Game is both enlightening and entertaining, an original contribution to the growing scholarship on sports.
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