Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920

Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920

Author: Steven A. Riess (Northeastern Illinois University Chicago)
ISBN: 9781118537718
Format: Paperback
$54.95

* New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics...  Read More >>

The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i

The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in...

Author: Christine Skwiot
ISBN: 9780812222289
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The Purposes of Paradise shows how travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i between the 1850s,...  Read More >>

Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL

Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest...

Author: N. Jeremi Duru (Associate Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law) ,  Tony Dungy
ISBN: 9780199896257
Format: Paperback
$77.95

Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but...  Read More >>

Onderzoeksmethoden Voor Sportstudies

Onderzoeksmethoden Voor Sportstudies

Author: Chris Gratton (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,  Ian Jones (Bournemouth University, UK Bournemouth University)
ISBN: 9781283964708
Format: Electronic book text
$380.00

Dit veelomvattende, toegankelijke en praktische tekstboek biedt een complete basis in kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve...  Read More >>

Global Pigeon

Global Pigeon

Author: Colin Jerolmack
ISBN: 9781299276642
Format: Undefined
$211.20

The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food,...  Read More >>

Strategic Sports Development

Strategic Sports Development

Author: Stephen Robson (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Kirstie Simpson (Warrington Collegiate Institute, UK)
ISBN: 9781299278646
Format: Electronic book text
$422.40

The field of sports development is becoming ever more professional, with the levels of expertise in planning and...  Read More >>

Whiteness and Leisure

Whiteness and Leisure

Author: Karl Spracklen
ISBN: 9781299764378
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

This book develops a new theory of instrumental whiteness and leisure. Empirical research is drawn upon to highlight...  Read More >>

Ethnomethodology at Play

Ethnomethodology at Play

Author: Peter Tolmie ,  Mark Rouncefield (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9781299407275
Format: Undefined
$369.47

Demonstrating the breadth of ethnomethodological analysis and showing how no topic is beyond ethnomethodology's...  Read More >>

Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity

Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity...

Author: Daniel A Nathan
ISBN: 9781299463417
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

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Sport, Philosophy, and Good Lives

Sport, Philosophy, and Good Lives

Author: Dr Randolph Feezell
ISBN: 9781299535312
Format: Electronic book text
$79.20

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Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games

Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games

Author: Jules Boykoff (Pacific University, USA)
ISBN: 9781299792302
Format: Electronic book text
$382.80

The Olympic Games have become the world s greatest media and marketing event a global celebration of exceptional...  Read More >>

Ice N Go

Ice N Go

Author: Jenny Moshak ,  Debby Schriver
ISBN: 9781299545595
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

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Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport, The: Power, Pedagogy and the Popular

Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport, The:...

Author: Michael Silk (University of Bath, UK Michael Silk: King's College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781299695696
Format: Electronic book text
$421.34

This book uncovers how political, economic and military trajectories in the post-9/11 era have been normalized,...  Read More >>

League of Denial

League of Denial

Author: Mark Fainaru-Wada ,  Steve Fainaru
ISBN: 9781299922853
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO NOT SUSTAIN FREQUENT REPETITIVE BLOWS TO THE BRAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS. So concluded...  Read More >>

Values in Youth Sport and Physical Education

Values in Youth Sport and Physical Education

Author: Jean Whitehead (University of Brighton, UK) ,  Hamish Telfer (University of Cumbria, UK)
ISBN: 9781306184625
Format: Electronic book text
$382.80

As sport has become more intense, professional and commercialized so have the debates grown about what constitutes...  Read More >>

Young Athletes, Couch Potatoes, and Helicopter Parents

Young Athletes, Couch Potatoes, and Helicopter Parents...

Author: Jessica Skolnikoff ,  Robert Engvall
ISBN: 9781306259262
Format: Electronic book text
$145.17

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Sport, Animals, and Society

Sport, Animals, and Society

Author: James Gillett (McMaster University, Canada) ,  Michelle Gilbert (McMaster University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781306217590
Format: Electronic book text
$369.60

This book advances current literature on the role and place of animals in sport and society. It explores different...  Read More >>

Football and National Identities in Spain: The Strange Death of Don Quixote

Football and National Identities in Spain: The Strange...

Author: Alejandro Quiroga
ISBN: 9781306178907
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities...  Read More >>

Sport Policy in Canada

Sport Policy in Canada

Author: Dr Lucie Thibault ,  Jean Harvey
ISBN: 9781306640565
Format: Undefined
$237.57

Sport Policy in Canada provides the first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted...  Read More >>

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