Sports and Their Fans: The History, Economics and Culture of the Relationship Between Spectator and Sport

by Kevin G. Quinn

Overview

Though Americans spend more than $25 billion a year on sports and sporting events, this book argues that the influence of sports on our lives is even more profound than this huge figure would seem to suggest. Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the future of spectator sport, this book surveys the outsized impact that sports have on American culture. The author draws from new work in such fields as history, economics, politics, sociology, psychology, and ethics to support his claims.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786438020
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/09/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kevin G. Quinn is an associate professor of economics at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Figures and Tables     
Preface     

1. Fans and Dollars     
2. Politics, Robber Barons, and Fans     
3. We Are Sporticus     
4. Spectator Sports Become Big Business     
5. Entertainment for the New Century     
6. Depression, War, and Diaspora     
7. Chadwick to Arledge to Patrick     
8. Feeding the Habit and Keeping the Faith     
9. The Community of the Opium Den     
10. Lies, Damn Lies, and Fantasy Sports     
11. Balance, Schmalance     
12. Fans “Kant” Put Up with Cheating     
13. The End of the Dinosaurs?     

Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     

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