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This volume was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2011-09-12
Language: English
Number of Pages: 176
Edition: 1
Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
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