Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies

First Published in 2004. Caribbean Studies publishes the research of academic scholars working within the region as well as Caribbeanists working internationally. Little has been written about sports in the Caribbean from the perspectives of the social sciences. In this volume scholars from the fields of anthropology economics government and sociology cast their critical eyes on the social institution of sport as it exists in the Caribbean. Baseball basketball cricket football horse racing and other sports are examined.