Sociology: sport & leisure books

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The Playful Middle Ages: Meanings of Play and Plays of Meaning, Essays in Memory of Elaine C. Block

The Playful Middle Ages: Meanings of Play and Plays...
Author: Paul Hardwick ISBN: 9782503528809 Format: Hardback	$306.24
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Women and Sports in the United States

Women and Sports in the United States
Author: Jean O'Reilly , Susan K K Cahn ISBN: 9786613586599 Format: Electronic book text	$88.68
A spectacular transformation in women's sports has occurred over the past century in colleges, high schools, and... Read More >>

Sport for Development and Peace

Sport for Development and Peace
Author: Simon Darnell ISBN: 9781283479158 Format: Electronic book text	$699.60
'Sport and International Development' offers a critical sociological analysis of the emerging Sport for Development... Read More >>

Beisbol

Beisbol
Author: Associate Professor of Latin American Literature Ilan Stavans, PhD (Amherst College) ISBN: 9781283394352 Format: Electronic book text	$161.04
This insightful collection documents Latinos in baseball from an interdisciplinary perspective. Read More >>

Planet Sport

Planet Sport
Author: Kath Woodward (The Open University, UK Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Open University, Milton Keynes, UK The Open University, UK The Open University, UK) ISBN: 9781283547338 Format: Electronic book text	$316.80
In Planet Sport, Woodward demonstrates why sport matters and how, arguing that we should take sport seriously, and... Read More >>

Narratives of Travel and Tourism

Narratives of Travel and Tourism
Author: Jacqueline Tivers , Tijana Rakic ISBN: 9781283480086 Format: Undefined	$303.47
Travel and tourism stories have been told and recorded within every culture, in every period of oral and written... Read More >>

Emotion in Motion

Emotion in Motion
Author: David Picard (University of Lisbon, Portugal) , Professor Mike Robinson (University of Birmingham) ISBN: 9781280570995 Format: Undefined	$356.27
What happens when tourists scream with fear, shout with anger and frustration, weep with joy and delight, or even... Read More >>

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies
Author: Roger Bartlett (University of Otago, New Zealand) , Chris Gratton (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ISBN: 9781283589581 Format: Electronic book text	$696.83
Now available in paperback, the Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies is the most authoritative and comprehensive... Read More >>

International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators

International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The...
Author: Aaron Beacom ISBN: 9781283531979 Format: Electronic book text	$237.60
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Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay): Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball

Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay): Father, Son, and the Burden...
Author: George Dohrmann ISBN: 9781299177611 Format: Electronic book text	$7.84
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize-winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son... Read More >>

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
Author: Charles Sprawson ISBN: 9781299046283 Format: Electronic book text	$182.16
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Sports Spectators

Sports Spectators
Author: Professor Allen Guttmann ISBN: 9781322538310 Format: Electronic book text	$84.45
In his previous books Allen Guttmann has provided incisive perspectives on Avery Brundage's role in the Olympic... Read More >>

Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods

Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods...
Author: Michael Atkinson ISBN: 9781848607293 Format: Paperback	$93.99
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Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods

Key Concepts in Sport and Exercise Research Methods...
Author: Michael Atkinson ISBN: 9781848607286 Format: Hardback	$301.00
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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism

Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and...
Author: J. Newman , M. Giardina ISBN: 9780230115194 Format: Hardback	$237.60
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Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance

Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization,...
Author: G. Hayes , J. Karamichas ISBN: 9780230244177 Format: Hardback	$145.17
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Sports Violence

Sports Violence
Author: J.H. Goldstein ISBN: 9781461255321 Format: Paperback	$145.17
Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory and research to examine in detail aggression... Read More >>

Dance With Me: Ballroom Dancing and the Promise of Instant Intimacy

Dance With Me: Ballroom Dancing and the Promise of Instant...
Author: Julia A. Ericksen ISBN: 9780814722664 Format: Hardback	$86.99
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More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told

More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most...
Author: Chuck Korr , Marvin Close ISBN: 9780312607166 Format: Paperback	$42.21
Published to coincide with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, ""More Than Just a Game"" tells the true story of... Read More >>

Sport in Contemporary Society, 9th Edition

Sport in Contemporary Society, 9th Edition
Author: D. Stanley Eitzen ISBN: 9781612050324 Format: Paperback	$145.07
Sports buffs know all about famous players and coaches and can recite statistics in endless detail. But do fans... Read More >>

Sport and Doping: The Analysis of an Antagonistic Symbiosis

Sport and Doping: The Analysis of an Antagonistic Symbiosis...
Author: Eike Emrich , Werner Pitsch ISBN: 9783631630785 Format: Hardback	$86.68
Do elite sport and doping form an antagonistic symbiosis in which both partners can live neither with nor without... Read More >>

Ethics, Knowledge and Truth in Sports Research: An Epistemology of Sport

Ethics, Knowledge and Truth in Sports Research: An Epistemology...
Author: Graham McFee (University of Brighton, UK / California State University Fullerton, USA) , Mike J. McNamee (University of Swansea, UK) ISBN: 9780415688611 Format: Paperback	$96.99
Argues that the high-level research into sport requires a rationale for one's methodological choices, and that such... Read More >>

Sport and Society in the Global Age

Sport and Society in the Global Age
Author: Timothy Marjoribanks (Graduate School of Management, Bundoora, Australia) , Karen Farquharson (Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia) ISBN: 9780230584693 Format: Paperback	$79.99
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Japanese Women and Sport: Beyond Baseball and Sumo

Japanese Women and Sport: Beyond Baseball and Sumo
Author: Dr Robin Kietlinski ISBN: 9786613479136 Format: Electronic book text	$205.92
In 'Japanese Women and Sport', Robin Kietlinski sets out to problematize the hegemonic image of the delicate Japanese... Read More >>

Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures

Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures
Author: Prof David Rowe ISBN: 9786613479112 Format: Electronic book text	$205.92
<p>How has globalization impacted on sports media? What are the economic ramifications? And what is the future of... Read More >>

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