Sociology: sport & leisure books

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The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee,...

Author: Travis Taylor ,  Greg Horn
ISBN: 9781039167322
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation

Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation...

Author: Jeffrey Montez de Oca (University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA) ,  Stanley Thangaraj (Stonehill College, USA)
ISBN: 9781802622041
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Rooted in a global, transnational perspective, Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation demonstrates...  Read More >>

Soccer in American Culture: The Beautiful Game's Struggle for Status

Soccer in American Culture: The Beautiful Game's Struggle...

Author: G. Edward White
ISBN: 9780826222930
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Incorporating insights from sociology and economics, this book explores the multiple factors that have resulted...  Read More >>

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports Today

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports...

Author: Bob West
ISBN: 9781039166738
Format: Hardback
$92.37

During a match in Colville, Washington, official Bob West was head-butted by a high school wrestler in 1996 and...  Read More >>

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee,...

Author: Travis Taylor ,  Greg Horn
ISBN: 9781039167339
Format: Hardback
$92.37

IN 2010, MEMBERS OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS (formerly the Iroquois Nationals) lacrosse team, representing the...  Read More >>

The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses and Power Struggles

The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses...

Author: Başak Alpan ,  Albrecht Sonntag
ISBN: 9783031291432
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book focuses on the football stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums can be viewed as the objects...  Read More >>

Events Management

Events Management

Author: Glenn A. J. Bowdin ,  Johnny Allen
ISBN: 9780367491840
Format: Paperback
$121.59

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Los Apodos: Antes y Después de Cristo

Los Apodos: Antes y Después de Cristo

Author: Luis Arturo Jijon
ISBN: 9798854250108
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"Esta forma de expresión o nombre, que en realidad era un apodo, fue desde siempre la constante motivadora que rodea...  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones ,  Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9798212988100
Format: Audio
$97.65

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones ,  Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9798874614065
Format: Audio
$110.85

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9781666643367
Format: Audio
$131.97

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Sport in China

Routledge Handbook of Sport in China

Author: Fan Hong (Shanghai University of Sport) ,  Liu Li
ISBN: 9781032068206
Format: Hardback
$452.00

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, and development of sport from the ancient...  Read More >>

Online Doping: The Digital Ecosystem and Cyborgification of Drug Cultures

Online Doping: The Digital Ecosystem and Cyborgification...

Author: Jesper Andreasson ,  April Henning
ISBN: 9783031302718
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Building on extensive online research with different drug communities and doping spaces, the authors illustrate...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe: Policies, Structures and Participation

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe:...

Author: Caroline van Lindert ,  Jeroen Scheerder
ISBN: 9783031217586
Format: Hardback
$517.47

This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well...  Read More >>

Kleine Forscherinnen und Forscher in Bewegung: Rekonstruktion von Erkundungsaktivitäten bei ein- bis dreijährigen Kindern in der Bewegungsbaustelle

Kleine Forscherinnen und Forscher in Bewegung: Rekonstruktion...

Author: Björn Brandes
ISBN: 9783658415266
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Gerade im Kleinkindbereich wurde bisher allerdings nicht empirisch und gegenstandsspezifisch untersucht, welche...  Read More >>

Sports Management in an Uncertain Environment

Sports Management in an Uncertain Environment

Author: Bhaskar Basu ,  Michel Desbordes
ISBN: 9789811970092
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence...  Read More >>

Sports Mega-Events in Asia

Sports Mega-Events in Asia

Author: Koji Kobayashi ,  John Horne
ISBN: 9789819900107
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book sets out to fill a gap in the literature and will be of particular relevance to those who are interested...  Read More >>

Work and Retirement

Work and Retirement

Author: Stanley Parker
ISBN: 9781032138961
Format: Paperback
$60.99

World recession and widespread unemployment accentuated an existing trend – more people retiring from work early...  Read More >>

Head On: An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success

Head On: An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and...

Author: Carl Hayman ,  Dylan Cleaver
ISBN: 9781775542353
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Your Attention Please: Announcer-Cop

Your Attention Please: Announcer-Cop

Author: Dennis R Packer
ISBN: 9781916707283
Format: Paperback
$58.08

Your Attention Please - Announcer/Cop tells the story of a want-to-be disc jockey playing records during a high...  Read More >>

The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball

The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern...

Author: Russell A. Carleton
ISBN: 9781637272268
Format: Hardback
$54.99

"""Noted baseball writer Russell A. Carleton looks at the factors which have shaped the changes in baseball over...  Read More >>

Chinese Women Striving for Status: Sport as Empowerment

Chinese Women Striving for Status: Sport as Empowerment...

Author: J.A. Mangan ,  Dong Jinxia
ISBN: 9781433185816
Format: Hardback
$263.87

The book analyses the successful and impressive efforts of Chinese sportswomen in their collective striving for,...  Read More >>

Women in Snowboarding

Women in Snowboarding

Author: Mari Kristin Sisjord (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway)
ISBN: 9780367440152
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This is the first book to examine the role of women in the origins, development and contemporary landscape of snowboarding....  Read More >>

Gender, Politics and Change in Mountaineering: Moving Mountains

Gender, Politics and Change in Mountaineering: Moving...

Author: Jenny Hall ,  Emma Boocock
ISBN: 9783031299445
Format: Hardback
$422.37

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Football in the Nordic Countries: Practices, Equality and Influence

Football in the Nordic Countries: Practices, Equality...

Author: Mihaly Szerovay (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) ,  Arto Nevala (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
ISBN: 9781032249131
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores football culture, organisation and development in the five Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland,...  Read More >>

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