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- ISBN: 9780789025265 | 0789025264
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/28/2005
No sport reflects the American value system like football.
Gerhard Falk is Professor of Sociology at the State University College of New York at Buffalo.
Preface | xi | ||||
Introduction | 1 | (6) | |||
Chapter 1. The School and American Football | 7 | (26) | |||
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Chapter 2. College Football-The Professionals' Minor League | 33 | (28) | |||
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Chapter 3. Football As a Profession | 61 | (24) | |||
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Chapter 4. Football and Social Stratification | 85 | (24) | |||
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Chapter 5. They Also Serve | 109 | (24) | |||
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Chapter 6. Fanatics | 133 | (22) | |||
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Chapter 7. Football and the Media | 155 | (22) | |||
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Chapter 8. The Football Business | 177 | (22) | |||
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Chapter 9. Crime and American Football | 199 | (22) | |||
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Chapter 10. The National Football League | 221 | (22) | |||
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Epilogue | 243 | (2) | |||
Notes | 245 | (22) | |||
Index | 267 |
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