Sociology: sport & leisure books

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Emerging Sports as Social Movements: Disc Golf and the Rise of an Unknown Sport

Emerging Sports as Social Movements: Disc Golf and the...

Author: Joshua Woods
ISBN: 9783030764593
Format: Paperback
$343.17

This volume examines the rise of an emerging sport as a grassroots effort (or “new social movement”), arguing that...  Read More >>

Sport for Sustainable Development: Historical and Theoretical Approaches

Sport for Sustainable Development: Historical and Theoretical...

Author: Kazem Hozhabri ,  Claude Sobry
ISBN: 9783031064883
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book looks at the potential of sport to contribute to wide-ranging development outcomes, which have been recognized...  Read More >>

75 Day Hard Challenge Book

75 Day Hard Challenge Book

Author: Pick Me Read Me Press
ISBN: 9781956259612
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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In A League Of Their Own!: The Dick, Kerr Ladies (TM) 1917-1965

In A League Of Their Own!: The Dick, Kerr Ladies (TM)...

Author: Gail J Newsham
ISBN: 9781782229476
Format: Hardback
$90.54

In a League Their Own! is the true story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies FC. Formed at a munitions factory in Preston,...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration

The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational...

Author: David Cairns
ISBN: 9783030994464
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific...  Read More >>

Second Chance at Bat

Second Chance at Bat

Author: John a Hoda
ISBN: 9781088049297
Format: Paperback
$50.13

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The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and...

Author: Simon Kuper
ISBN: 9780593297735
Format: Paperback
$50.16

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Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial...

Author: Craig Calcaterra ,  Gary Bennett
ISBN: 9798212192156
Format: Audio
$84.35

A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer.  Read More >>

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark...

Author: James Overmyer ,  Lisa Reneé Pitts
ISBN: 9798212260152
Format: Audio
$110.85

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this book honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing...  Read More >>

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark...

Author: James Overmyer ,  Lisa Reneé Pitts
ISBN: 9798212260145
Format: Audio
$124.05

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this book honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing...  Read More >>

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark...

Author: James Overmyer ,  Lisa Renee Pitts
ISBN: 9798212260138
Format: Audio
$190.05

This book chronicles the life of Effa Manley: the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Read More >>

Strong Women, Better World: Title IX's Global Effect

Strong Women, Better World: Title IX's Global Effect...

Author: Sarah Hillyer
ISBN: 9781621907619
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Every story has a hero, every hero has a superpower, and when used with intentionality, sport is an incredible superpower...  Read More >>

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial...

Author: Craig Calcaterra
ISBN: 9798212192149
Format: Audio
$205.92

A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer.  Read More >>

Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game

Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan...

Author: Lisa Uperesa
ISBN: 9781478018094
Format: Paperback
$71.15

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Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game

Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan...

Author: Lisa Uperesa
ISBN: 9781478015468
Format: Hardback
$271.79

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Dangerous Amusements: Leisure, the Young Working Class and Urban Space in Britain, c. 1870–1939

Dangerous Amusements: Leisure, the Young Working Class...

Author: Laura Harrison
ISBN: 9781526147875
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography,...  Read More >>

The Routledge International Handbook of Walking

The Routledge International Handbook of Walking

Author: C. Michael Hall (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) ,  Yael Ram
ISBN: 9781032339542
Format: Paperback
$96.99

This handbook brings together a number of the main themes on the study of walking from different disciplines and...  Read More >>

La complejidad del Barça / The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making And Unmaking of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

La complejidad del Barça / The Barcelona Complex: Lionel...

Author: Simon Kuper
ISBN: 9788412417982
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Simon Kuper, coautor del bestseller de Soccernomics y periodista del Financial Times desde hace mucho tiempo, cuenta...  Read More >>

Football Fans and Social Spacing: Power and Control in a Modernising Landscape

Football Fans and Social Spacing: Power and Control...

Author: Ian Woolsey
ISBN: 9783030745349
Format: Paperback
$284.60

liquid modernity and the post-1989 transformation of English football, are managed via the distinct and oft-competing...  Read More >>

Fit to be Canadian?: The Recreation Industrial Complex in Canada

Fit to be Canadian?: The Recreation Industrial Complex...

Author: Lisa Tink
ISBN: 9781039137226
Format: Paperback
$59.49

"In recent years, recreation scholars and professionals began calling for a return to municipal recreation's historical...  Read More >>

The Social Significance of Dining out: A Study of Continuity and Change

The Social Significance of Dining out: A Study of Continuity...

Author: Alan Warde ,  Jessica Paddock
ISBN: 9781526163776
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The book reports on a major research project on changes in dining out in three cities in England. It compares systematically...  Read More >>

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