Sociology: sport & leisure books

4825 books were found.

Work and Leisure in the Middle East: The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

Work and Leisure in the Middle East: The Common Ground...

Author: Robert A. Stebbins
ISBN: 9781412849470
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Community involvement and leisure are rarely mentioned in mass media coverage of the Middle East and North Africa...  Read More >>

Promoting and Marketing Events: Theory and Practice

Promoting and Marketing Events: Theory and Practice...

Author: Nigel Jackson (University of Plymouth, UK)
ISBN: 9780415667326
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This accessible book introduces students to the theories, concepts and skills required to promote an event successfully....  Read More >>

Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball--and America--Forever

Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball--and...

Author: Tim Wendel
ISBN: 9780306821837
Format: Paperback
$58.05

From the author of High Heat, a compelling look at the 1968 baseball season- ""The Year of the Pitcher""- when the...  Read More >>

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding

Author: Adam Locks ,  Niall Richardson (University of Sussex, UK)
ISBN: 9780415846868
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding is the first collection to address the contemporary practice of bodybuilding,...  Read More >>

Ambush Marketing in Sports

Ambush Marketing in Sports

Author: Gerd Nufer (Reutlingen University, Germany)
ISBN: 9780415626781
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Ethics in the Virtual World: The Morality and Psychology of Gaming

Ethics in the Virtual World: The Morality and Psychology...

Author: Garry Young
ISBN: 9781844655502
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Ethics in the Virtual World examines the gamer's enactment of taboo activities in the context of both traditional...  Read More >>

Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle

Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black...

Author: Simon Henderson
ISBN: 9780813141541
Format: Hardback
$92.40

In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott...  Read More >>

Ethics in the Virtual World: The Morality and Psychology of Gaming

Ethics in the Virtual World: The Morality and Psychology...

Author: Garry Young
ISBN: 9781844655496
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Sport for the Disabled: Culture and Identity

Sport for the Disabled: Culture and Identity

Author: P. David Howe
ISBN: 9781845206895
Format: Paperback
$50.95

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Sport for the Disabled: Culture and Identity

Sport for the Disabled: Culture and Identity

Author: P. David Howe
ISBN: 9781845206888
Format: Hardback
$111.11

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Black Sportsmen (Routledge Revivals)

Black Sportsmen (Routledge Revivals)

Author: E. Cashmore (Ashton University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415812238
Format: Hardback
$92.99

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The John Carlos Story

The John Carlos Story

Author: Cornell West ,  John Carlos
ISBN: 9781608462247
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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The Anthropology of Performance: A Reader

The Anthropology of Performance: A Reader

Author: Frank J. Korom (Boston University, USA)
ISBN: 9781118323991
Format: Paperback
$59.95

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume...  Read More >>

The Anthropology of Performance: A Reader

The Anthropology of Performance: A Reader

Author: Frank J. Korom (Boston University, USA)
ISBN: 9781118323984
Format: Hardback
$217.95

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume...  Read More >>

The Olympic Games and the Environment

The Olympic Games and the Environment

Author: J. Karamichas
ISBN: 9780230228610
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities afforded by hosting...  Read More >>

Twentieth-Century Music and Politics: Essays in Memory of Neil Edmunds

Twentieth-Century Music and Politics: Essays in Memory...

Author: Pauline Fairclough
ISBN: 9781409400264
Format: Hardback
$336.00

When considering the role music played in the major totalitarian regimes of the century it is music's usefulness...  Read More >>

Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls

Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls

Author: Clive Marsh ,  Vaughan S Roberts
ISBN: 9780801039096
Format: Paperback
$34.95

This new addition to the critically acclaimed Engaging Culture series explores the theological significance of the...  Read More >>

Socialising Children

Socialising Children

Author: A. James
ISBN: 9781349336142
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Drawing on children's narratives about their everyday life this book explores how children come to understand the...  Read More >>

Children, Media and Playground Cultures: Ethnographic Studies of School Playtimes

Children, Media and Playground Cultures: Ethnographic...

Author: R. Willett ,  C. Richards
ISBN: 9781349340231
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with...  Read More >>

Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care

Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care

Author: D. Botterill ,  G. Pennings
ISBN: 9781349348602
Format: Paperback
$116.41

The phenomenon of transnational health care has grown rapidly over recent years and this book provides a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Deviance and Risk on Holiday: An Ethnography of British Tourists in Ibiza

Deviance and Risk on Holiday: An Ethnography of British...

Author: D. Briggs
ISBN: 9781349437856
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio,...  Read More >>

Fraud, Corruption and Sport

Fraud, Corruption and Sport

Author: G. Brooks ,  A. Aleem
ISBN: 9781349335428
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book offers historical and contemporary international analysis of fraud and corruption in sport, including...  Read More >>

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