Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

The Economics of Leisure and Tourism

The Economics of Leisure and Tourism
Author: John Tribe (University of Surrey) ISBN: 9780750623421 Format: Paperback	$113.39
This text assuming no prior knowledge of economics, applies and sets economics in the context of the leisure and... Read More >>

Decentring Leisure: Rethinking Leisure Theory

Decentring Leisure: Rethinking Leisure Theory
Author: Chris Rojek ISBN: 9780803988125 Format: Hardback	$405.00
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Decentring Leisure: Rethinking Leisure Theory

Decentring Leisure: Rethinking Leisure Theory
Author: Chris Rojek ISBN: 9780803988132 Format: Paperback	$148.00
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The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball

The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball...
Author: John Helyar ISBN: 9780345465245 Format: Paperback	$76.56
"""The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game.""—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired... Read More >>

Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920

Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920
Author: Steven A. Reiss ISBN: 9780882959160 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Examines the evolution of sport from its rural and urban origins as a less-than-respectable entertainment for the... Read More >>

Sociology of Leisure: A reader

Sociology of Leisure: A reader
Author: P. Bramham , C. Critcher ISBN: 9780419194200 Format: Paperback	$79.99
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Games Without Frontiers: Football, Identity and Modernity

Games Without Frontiers: Football, Identity and Modernity...
Author: John Williams , Richard Giulianotti ISBN: 9781857422207 Format: Paperback	$118.00
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Sport and Leisure in Social Thought

Sport and Leisure in Social Thought
Author: Grant Jarvie , Joseph Maguire ISBN: 9780415077040 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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Sport and Leisure in Social Thought

Sport and Leisure in Social Thought
Author: Grant Jarvie , Joseph Maguire ISBN: 9780415077033 Format: Hardback	$399.00
This book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding... Read More >>

Game without Frontiers: Football, Identity and Modernity

Game without Frontiers: Football, Identity and Modernity...
Author: Richard Giulianotti , John Williams ISBN: 9781857422191 Format: Hardback	$369.60
This work examines the game of football, asking what makes it so popular, and examining the diversity of its players,... Read More >>

The Study of Leisure

The Study of Leisure
Author: Jarmila L.A. Horna ISBN: 9780195409215 Format: Paperback	$39.95
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Cricket and the Victorians

Cricket and the Victorians
Author: Keith A.P. Sandiford ISBN: 9781859280898 Format: Hardback	$422.40
Cricket and the Victorians fills a gap in the literature on the social history of England during the nineteenth... Read More >>

Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of Sports, Journalism, and Society

Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of...
Author: Leonard Koppett ISBN: 9780252064159 Format: Paperback	$49.99
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Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology

Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology
Author: André Gorz , Chris Turner ISBN: 9780860916475 Format: Paperback	$50.16
This text defines the key social conflict within Western societies in terms of the distribution of work and the... Read More >>

All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine Work, Revised and Updated Edition

All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine...
Author: Barbara Garson ISBN: 9780140234916 Format: Paperback	$42.24
"""Ranks with some of the best work ever done on labor in the United States.""—The Village Voice." Read More >>

The Rise and Fall of American Sport

The Rise and Fall of American Sport
Author: T Vincent ISBN: 9780803296138 Format: Paperback	$34.19
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Hockey Night in Canada: Sports, Identities, and Cultural Politics

Hockey Night in Canada: Sports, Identities, and Cultural...
Author: Richard Gruneau , David Whitson ISBN: 9780920059050 Format: Paperback	$84.35
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Young People's Leisure and Lifestyles

Young People's Leisure and Lifestyles
Author: Anthony Glendenning , Leo Hendry ISBN: 9780415043502 Format: Paperback	$105.47
Covers new ground in examining the importance of leisure in the socialization of young people. From a seven year... Read More >>

People and Environment: Behavioural Approaches in Human Geography

People and Environment: Behavioural Approaches in Human...
Author: D.J. Walmsley , G.J. Lewis ISBN: 9780582078666 Format: Paperback	$131.00
This core course text provides a comprehensive synthesis emphasizing both structural and behavioural approaches... Read More >>

Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel

Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and...
Author: C. Rojek ISBN: 9780333475782 Format: Paperback	$158.37
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The Vulnerable Fortress: Bureaucratic Organization and Management in the Information Age

The Vulnerable Fortress: Bureaucratic Organization and...
Author: James R. Taylor , Elizabeth J. Van Every ISBN: 9780802077738 Format: Paperback	$64.99
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The Mesoamerican Ballgame

The Mesoamerican Ballgame
Author: Vernon L. Scarborough ISBN: 9780816513604 Format: Paperback	$60.59
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Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America

Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in...
Author: Lynn Spigel ISBN: 9780226769677 Format: Paperback	$56.95
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social... Read More >>

Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America

Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in...
Author: Lynn Spigel ISBN: 9780226769660 Format: Hardback	$167.95
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social... Read More >>

Medieval Games: Sports and Recreations in Feudal Society

Medieval Games: Sports and Recreations in Feudal Society...
Author: John M. Carter ISBN: 9780313267437 Format: Hardback	$160.00
A scholarly narrative of sports from the fall of Rome to the end of the Middle Ages, this text looks at the evidence... Read More >>

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