Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Gambling, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals): A Study Across Three Areas

Gambling, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals): A Study...

Author: David Downes ,  D. M. Davies
ISBN: 9780415720878
Format: Paperback
$83.99

ntil this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling...  Read More >>

Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play

Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture...

Author: Thomas P. Oates ,  Andrew Baerg
ISBN: 9780253015020
Format: Paperback
$68.64

In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast,...  Read More >>

Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play

Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture...

Author: Thomas P. Oates ,  Andrew Baerg
ISBN: 9780253014993
Format: Hardback
$198.00

In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast,...  Read More >>

Gaming Industry: Know about Today's Gaming Industry

Gaming Industry: Know about Today's Gaming Industry...

Author: Henry Garcia
ISBN: 9781505899689
Format: Paperback
$17.82

Addiction may occur because of several reasons. It can be due to the use of some substances, such as alcohol and...  Read More >>

Brooklyn Bounce: The Rise of the Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn Bounce: The Rise of the Brooklyn Nets

Author: Jake Appleman
ISBN: 9781476726762
Format: Paperback
$47.49

""A breezy, cautionary tale for modern sports fans"" (Booklist) of the Brooklyn Nets' inaugural season, which brought...  Read More >>

Exercise Training: Types & Methods, Role in Disease Prevention & Health Benefits

Exercise Training: Types & Methods, Role in Disease...

Author: Lucy Dukes
ISBN: 9781634635011
Format: Paperback
$300.12

Exercise is one component of daily energy expenditure in humans. It has become an important part of healthy lifestyles,...  Read More >>

Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles

Identity Discourses and Communities in International...

Author: Udo Merkel
ISBN: 9781349484058
Format: Paperback
$145.17

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European Football and Collective Memory

European Football and Collective Memory

Author: W. Pyta ,  N. Havemann
ISBN: 9781349496952
Format: Paperback
$145.17

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Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories of Serious, Casual, and Project-Based Leisure

Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories of Serious,...

Author: Robert A. Stebbins
ISBN: 9781137585165
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Volunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being...  Read More >>

Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony and Identity

Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game: At the Center of Ceremony...

Author: Michael J. Zogry
ISBN: 9781469622279
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Embodied Nation: Sport, Masculinity, and the Making of Modern Laos

Embodied Nation: Sport, Masculinity, and the Making...

Author: Simon Creak
ISBN: 9780824838898
Format: Hardback
$211.20

This strikingly original book examines how sport and ideas of physicality have shaped the politics and culture of...  Read More >>

Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL

Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL

Author: James A. Holstein ,  Richard S. Jones
ISBN: 9781479862863
Format: Hardback
$193.00

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Ambush Marketing in Sports

Ambush Marketing in Sports

Author: Gerd Nufer (Reutlingen University, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138833869
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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Embodied Masculinities in Global Sport

Embodied Masculinities in Global Sport

Author: Daryl Adair ,  Jorge Knijnik
ISBN: 9781935412168
Format: Paperback
$67.25

Though an integral element of sport sociology, the study of masculinities in sport has been largely confined to...  Read More >>

Reading Across Worlds: Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference

Reading Across Worlds: Transnational Book Groups and...

Author: J. Procter ,  B. Benwell
ISBN: 9781137276391
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Football and the FA Women’s Super League: Structure, Governance and Impact

Football and the FA Women’s Super League: Structure,...

Author: C. Dunn ,  J. Welford
ISBN: 9781137480316
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in the UK. This book critically explores women's elite...  Read More >>

Tourism and Violence

Tourism and Violence

Author: Hazel Andrews ,  Professor Dimitri Ioannides
ISBN: 9781409436409
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties

The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games:...

Author: K. Dixon ,  T. Gibbons
ISBN: 9781137405074
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Sport and Nationalism in Asia: Power, Politics and Identity

Sport and Nationalism in Asia: Power, Politics and Identity...

Author: Fan Hong ,  Zhouxiang Lu
ISBN: 9781138828148
Format: Hardback
$200.00

The book is an analysis of the relationship between sport and nationalism from an Asian perspective. It examines...  Read More >>

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