From Ritual to Record
| Author | : Allen Guttmann |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2004-08-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780231517072 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0231517076 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Ritual to Record by : Allen Guttmann
Download or read book From Ritual to Record written by Allen Guttmann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life.
