Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Young People, Leisure & Places: Cross Cultural Perspectives

Young People, Leisure & Places: Cross Cultural Perspectives...

Author: Margaret Robertson ,  Dr Michael Williams
ISBN: 9781594540295
Format: Hardback
$290.40

Young People, Leisure and Place reports on cross-cultural research into the personal geographies of young people....  Read More >>

The Leisure Industries

The Leisure Industries

Author: Ken Roberts
ISBN: 9781403904126
Format: Paperback
$67.00

Arguing that each type of supplier (commercial, voluntary and public) has special capacities, this text scans the...  Read More >>

Consuming Sport: Fans, Sport and Culture

Consuming Sport: Fans, Sport and Culture

Author: Garry Crawford (University of Salford, Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9780415288903
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The first book to explicitly and thoroughly address how sport is experienced and engaged with in the everyday lives,...  Read More >>

Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life

Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities...

Author: W. Mitchell ,  R. Bunton
ISBN: 9781403901163
Format: Hardback
$84.99

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The Leisure Industries

The Leisure Industries

Author: Ken Roberts
ISBN: 9781403904119
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Arguing that each type of supplier (commercial, voluntary and public) has special capacities, this text scans the...  Read More >>

Between Work and Leisure: The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

Between Work and Leisure: The Common Ground of Two Separate...

Author: Robert A. Stebbins
ISBN: 9780765802279
Format: Hardback
$375.19

Occupational devotion, as defined by Robert A. Stebbins, is a strong and positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing...  Read More >>

Homo Faber Ludens: Geschichten Zu Wechselbeziehungen Von Technik Und Spiel

Homo Faber Ludens: Geschichten Zu Wechselbeziehungen...

Author: Tu Berlin ,  Stefan Poser
ISBN: 9783631519387
Format: Paperback
$143.87

Homo faber und homo ludens haben bisher kaum miteinander gearbeitet, geschweige denn gespielt. Das zu ändern ist...  Read More >>

Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life

Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities...

Author: W. Mitchell ,  R. Bunton
ISBN: 9781349721245
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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Leisure and Pleasure: Reshaping and Revealing the New Zealand Body 1900-1960

Leisure and Pleasure: Reshaping and Revealing the New...

Author: Caroline Daley
ISBN: 9781869402914
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Explores an unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history: the modern body at leisure. It begins by tracing the...  Read More >>

Closing the Book on Homework: Enhancing Public Education

Closing the Book on Homework: Enhancing Public Education...

Author: John Buell
ISBN: 9781592132188
Format: Paperback
$55.31

A sequel to ""The End of Homework"", this work argues that homework robs children and parents of unstructured time...  Read More >>

Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives...

Author: Cara Carmichael Aitchison
ISBN: 9780415261562
Format: Paperback
$120.00

Drawing on research data, this text systematically examines the key contexts within which leisure and gender relate,...  Read More >>

Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives...

Author: Cara Carmichael Aitchison
ISBN: 9780415261555
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Drawing on research data, this text systematically examines the key contexts within which leisure and gender relate,...  Read More >>

I Want That!

I Want That!

Author: Thomas Hine
ISBN: 9780060959838
Format: Paperback
$26.95

Traces the history of material acquisition and how it reflects culture, discussing the psychological factors that...  Read More >>

Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Author: Stephen Williams
ISBN: 9780415243643
Format: Mixed media product
$1720.00

This title examines what social scientists mean by the term tourism, and what it means to be a tourist. The volumes...  Read More >>

Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia

Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals...

Author: Jukka Gronow
ISBN: 9781859736388
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia

Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals...

Author: Jukka Gronow
ISBN: 9781859736333
Format: Hardback
$240.00

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Consuming Germany in the Cold War

Consuming Germany in the Cold War

Author: David F. Crew
ISBN: 9781859737668
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would...  Read More >>

Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel

Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel...

Author: Julia Harrison
ISBN: 9780774809788
Format: Paperback
$94.91

What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? What feeds the impulse to explore new horizons?  Read More >>

At The Beach

At The Beach

Author: Jean-Didier Urbain ,  Catherine Porter
ISBN: 9780816634507
Format: Hardback
$114.00

"Around the world, when people think of vacation it's the beach they want--even when long distances must be traversed,...  Read More >>

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