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.

From ritual to record: The nature of modern sports

Sports & Outdoors

GUTTMANN, Allen

Miscellaneous

Columbia University Press

Allen Guttmann is a professor of American Studies at Amherst College and author of,"From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports" (1978). In his new book, "The Games Must Go On", Guttmann provides an assessment of Brundage’s role in shaping the modem Olympic games. This work is both a biography of Brundage and an evaluation of his career as an international sports figure.

The Games Must Go on

Biographies & Memoirs

Sketches the history of spectator sports, examines the behavior and characteristics of spectators through the ages, discusses the psychology of hooliganism, and describes the American sports industry

Sports Spectators

History

Columbia Univ. Pr.

In his previous books Allen Guttmann has provided incisive perspectives on Avery Brundage's role in the Olympic movement and on the nature of modern sports. Now, in his latest book, the accomplished historian of sport turns his attention from the playing field to the grandstand. Sports Spectators, the first historical study of the subject from antiquity to today, is at once erudite and entertaining; comprehensive and succint. Guttmann first examines the history of sports spectators, starting with Ancient Greece and Rome. He then moves on to the Renaissance and traces three early sports -the tournament, archery, and early versions of football. The author then focuses on the emergenece of sports in post-Renaissance England, and discusses the curious spectacle of animal sports (bear- and bull-baiting and cockfighting), as well as the first appearance of combat sports such as sword fighting, stick fighting, and boxing. The book concludes its historical view by exploring contemporary baseball, football, rowing, tennis, and golf. From his chronological narrative, Guttmann shifts to detailed analysis of the economic, sociological, and psychological aspects of sports spectatorship. Who were, and are, sports spectators? What is their gender and social class? Have they normally been participants as well as fans? What are the political functions of sports-watching? What are the social dynamics of spectatorship? Guttmann provides fresh insights which will be useful to scholars and fascinating to everyone. Sports Spectators also looks at the dramatic transformations radio and television have made, and offers an incisive critique of today's sports-related violence, including the increasingly frequent incidences of spectator hooliganism. How violent (or peaceful) have spectators traditionally been? Has spectator violence increased or decreased? You needn't be a season ticket-holder to enjoy Sports Spectators. Allen Guttmann makes the history of fandom come alive for any reader interested in Western culture and what forms of entertainment reveal about us, as well as those concerned with the recent growth of spectator violence.

Business & Money

Industries

-- A. Bartlett Giamatti, late Commissioner of Baseball

Women's Sports: A History

-- A. Bartlett Giamatti, late Commissioner of Baseball

Women's Sports

An exploration of the ways in which modern sports have spread from their Western roots to all corners of the globe. Could this be another form of cultural imperialism?

Games and Empires

English is the language of modern sports. The influence of British and American athletics around the world is indisputable--nowhere are traditional sports as popular as games like basketball, baseball, and soccer. Could this be another form of cultural imperialism? In his latest work, Allen Guttmann explores the ways in which popular modern sports have spread from their western roots to all corners of the globe. He discusses how less powerful peoples go on to adapt thes esports into their own regional variants. In addition, Guttmann points out the possibilty and reality of resistance to the diffusion of modern Western sports. Entertaining and original, demonstrating both theoretical rigor and an impressive command of foreign languages and cultures,Games and Empires makes a major contribution to the field of sport history.

Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism

Ranging across nearly three millennia of Western history, from Greek athletic competitions to the current body-building craze, the author explores and celebrates the erotic side of sports as seen in literature, art, television, and movies. UP.

The Erotic in Sports

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.

From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports

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From ritual to record: The nature of modern sports

The Games Must Go on

Sports Spectators

Sports Spectators

Women's Sports: A History

Women's Sports

Games and Empires

Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism

The Erotic in Sports

From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports