<p>This collection of essays provides an international comparative and developmental orientation to the sociology of sport, thereby clarifying the nature of modern sports and their central structural and functional characteristics.</p>
Suicide from a Sociological Perspective
β Scribed by David Lester
- Publisher
- Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 150
- Category
- Library
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