Answer:
The use of modernization theory was pioneered by this author, who in 1978 wrote the sport history classic From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Allen Guttmann born in October 1932 in the United States of America and died in Zimbabwe. He has written many books like From Ritual to Record, Sports Spectators, Games and Empires, Sports: The First Five Millennia and many more.
- In his book From Ritual to Record, he has given a definition of sports by discussing the seven points of characterization of modern sports. This definition was based on such “modernization” model which was composed of secular, rational, and bureaucratic regulation.