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Examines the relationship between sports and society, including the degree to which modern sport expresses the characteristics of modern society, such as secula

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 s

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Traces the development of modern collegiate and professional sports, explains how they reflect American culture, and looks at the role sports have played in Ame

‘Ritual Failure’ is a new concept in archaeology adopted from the discipline of anthropology. Resilient religious systems disappearing, strict believers and