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By Eric M. Leifer. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 378. $49.95.

Over the past three decades, economists have written enough on the economics of professional team sports to fill many volumes. Other social scientists have also begun to study sports, sometimes treating questions economists would find interesting. Sociologist Eric M. Leifer's new book, Making the Majors: The Transformation of Team Sports in America, deals with several such issues.

Organized into ten chapters, including a lengthy introduction, the book examines the history of professional ...