Sociology: sport & leisure books

In The Beautiful Game? David Conn, the game's most respected investigative journalist, sets out on a journey through...  Read More >>

Casting soccer as a metaphor representative of today's world issues, an analysis of the sport's reflection of history...  Read More >>

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Introduction: Power and Global Sport. 1. Local - Global Nexus. Making touchdowns and hoop dreams: The NFL and the...  Read More >>

'Power and Global Sport' applies figurational methods and principles to the development of global sport. Through...  Read More >>

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A pioneering analysis of the history of basketball and its effect on popular culture from the 1970s to today. Examines...  Read More >>

This book is an expanded and updated edition of a previous work entitled World Leisure Participation: Free Time...  Read More >>

This book brings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts in a wide range of disciplines...  Read More >>

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Sport and recreation were essential to bring meaning and pleasure to mining families, and were fundamental to the...  Read More >>

A collection of essays bringing together the different perspectives of women's studies and the social history of...  Read More >>

A zeitgeist defining book that will challenge all that you know about work, rest and play.  Read More >>

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In 1986, the author decided to resist the steady march of fast food and all that it represents when he organized...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on Sport and Deviance examines a significant contradiction in our way of thinking about contemporary...  Read More >>

Because research on leisure and unemployment must cross over areas of study, as well as theoretical perspectives,...  Read More >>

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