Written by one of the leading international authorities on the sociology of race and sport, this is the first book to address sport′s role in ′the making of

Practicing sports lawyer Shropshire (legal studies, U. of Pennsylvania) points out the racism still institutionalized in American professional sports, distills

Race, Sport and the American Dream (2007) won the annual North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Best Book Award, announced at the Society''s 2008 ann

In recent years there has been a steady increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of the playing workforce in many sports around the world. However, there has

An examination of the connection between race and sport in America