Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Physical Education, Sport and Schooling: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education

Physical Education, Sport and Schooling: Studies in...

Author: John Evans
ISBN: 9781138221222
Format: Hardback
$242.00

This book, first published in 1986, explores the experiences of teachers and pupils in programmes of physical education...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory

The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory

Author: Karl Spracklen ,  Brett Lashua
ISBN: 9781137564788
Format: Hardback
$871.17

This is the first handbook devoted entirely to leisure theory, charting the history and philosophy of leisure, theories...  Read More >>

Alterssport motivierend gestalten: Grundlagen und Beispiele einer bedürfnisorientierten Praxis

Alterssport motivierend gestalten: Grundlagen und Beispiele...

Author: Robert Rupp
ISBN: 9783658181369
Format: Paperback
$118.77

Robert Rupp zeigt auf Basis einer qualitativen empirischen Studie fundiert und praxisorientiert auf, wie gesundheitsorientierte...  Read More >>

Performing Nashville: Music Tourism and Country Music's Main Street

Performing Nashville: Music Tourism and Country Music's...

Author: Robert W. Fry
ISBN: 9781137504807
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book explores the formation and continuance of Nashville, Tennessee as a music place, the importance of the...  Read More >>

Football Fandom and Migration: An Ethnography of Transnational Practices and Narratives in Vienna and Istanbul

Football Fandom and Migration: An Ethnography of Transnational...

Author: Nina Szogs
ISBN: 9783319509433
Format: Hardback
$263.97

This book studies how transnationalisation, Europeanisation and migration processes intersect with football fandom,...  Read More >>

Ring of Fire: Liverpool into the 21st century: The Players' Stories

Ring of Fire: Liverpool into the 21st century: The Players'...

Author: Simon Hughes
ISBN: 9780552172738
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Following the success of Simon Hughes’ Red Machine and Men in White Suits, books which depicted Liverpool FC’s domination...  Read More >>

Co-Creation and Well-Being in Tourism

Co-Creation and Well-Being in Tourism

Author: Antónia Correia ,  Metin Kozak
ISBN: 9783319441078
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book offers a wealth of new views and interpretations of well-being in tourism, emphasizing the role that co-creation...  Read More >>

Dreams and Deception: Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education

Dreams and Deception: Sports Lure, Racism, and Young...

Author: Isabel Ann Dwornik
ISBN: 9781433133749
Format: Hardback
$316.27

This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand...  Read More >>

Enhancing the Contribution of Sport to the Sustainable Development Goals

Enhancing the Contribution of Sport to the Sustainable...

Author: Iain Lindsey ,  Tony Chapman
ISBN: 9781849291651
Format: Paperback
$103.40

SDP recognises the potential contribution of sport to achieving important development objectives, including the...  Read More >>

Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History

Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting...

Author: Martin Gitlin
ISBN: 9781442264953
Format: Hardback
$98.99

Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the...  Read More >>

Traditional Chinese Leisure Culture and Economic Development: A Conflict of Forces

Traditional Chinese Leisure Culture and Economic Development:...

Author: Huidi Ma ,  Er Liu
ISBN: 9781137596604
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book explores the history of leisure in Chinese culture by tracing the development of Chinese philosophy and...  Read More >>

Sports and Mystification

Sports and Mystification

Author: Massimiliano Angelucci
ISBN: 9783981758627
Format: Paperback
$39.47

What really is what we now call ""sport""? Although ubiquitous, it remains a little-understood phenomenon, and -...  Read More >>

Knowing the Score

Knowing the Score

Author: David Papineau
ISBN: 9780465049684
Format: Hardback
$71.28

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In the Company of Cars: Driving as a Social and Cultural Practice

In the Company of Cars: Driving as a Social and Cultural...

Author: Sarah Redshaw
ISBN: 9781138071797
Format: Paperback
$133.00

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Gefahrengemeinschaften ALS Teil Der Kultur Der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr: Eine Skizzierung Der Gefahrengemeinschaft in Der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr

Gefahrengemeinschaften ALS Teil Der Kultur Der Freiwilligen...

Author: Sandy Heilscher
ISBN: 9783957100870
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Die freiwillige Feuerwehr ist in Deutschland die mit Abstand grosste staatliche Ressource fur die Abwehr von Gefahren...  Read More >>

Sport, Media and Mega-Events

Sport, Media and Mega-Events

Author: Lawrence A. Wenner (Loyola Marymount University, USA) ,  Andrew C. Billings (University of Alabama, USA)
ISBN: 9781138930391
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse...  Read More >>

Leisure, Health and Well-Being: A Holistic Approach

Leisure, Health and Well-Being: A Holistic Approach...

Author: Zsuzsanna Benkő ,  Ishwar Modi
ISBN: 9783319332567
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors...  Read More >>

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