Sociology: sport & leisure books

4603 books were found.

Dimensions of Leisure for Life

Dimensions of Leisure for Life

Author: Tyler Tapps ,  Mary Sara Wells
ISBN: 9781492598497
Format: Paperback
$215.00

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Emerging Drugs in Sport

Emerging Drugs in Sport

Author: Olivier Rabin ,  Ornella Corazza
ISBN: 9783030792923
Format: Hardback
$232.85

Athletes are always aiming to be faster, better, stronger. New techniques to enhance their sporting performance...  Read More >>

Happiness in a Northern Town

Happiness in a Northern Town

Author: Sandie McHugh ,  Jerome Carson
ISBN: 9781861776297
Format: Paperback
$73.79

We all aspire to happiness, but why happiness in Bolton? In the late 1930s, the Mass Observation Happiness Project...  Read More >>

Understanding Sport Psychology

Understanding Sport Psychology

Author: Gavin Breslin ,  John Kremer
ISBN: 9781529744644
Format: Hardback
$265.00

A stimulating and practical resource for any student of sports psychology, covering new developments within the...  Read More >>

Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

Author: The Editors of Sports Illustrated
ISBN: 9781629379548
Format: Hardback
$62.99

Compiled from articles originally published in Sports illustrated magazine.  Read More >>

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: 9781782228820
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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

Campese: the last of the dream sellers

Campese: the last of the dream sellers

Author: James Curran
ISBN: 9781922310576
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Once hailed as the 'Bradman of Rugby', David Campese thrilled spectators both in Australia and overseas with his...  Read More >>

Football and Social Sciences in Brazil

Football and Social Sciences in Brazil

Author: Sérgio Settani Giglio ,  Marcelo Weishaupt Proni
ISBN: 9783030846855
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the multidisciplinary field of research developed within Brazilian social...  Read More >>

Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture

Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture

Author: Demelza Marlin ,  Nicholas Apoifis
ISBN: 9789811584831
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book is the first to celebrate the stories of this group of Aboriginal mentors and leaders and present them...  Read More >>

Hooligans, Ultras, Activists: Polish Football Fandom in Sociological Perspective

Hooligans, Ultras, Activists: Polish Football Fandom...

Author: Radosław Kossakowski
ISBN: 9783030566098
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book is the first comprehensive attempt to identify the deeper causes that have shaped contemporary behaviour...  Read More >>

Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850-1935

Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside,...

Author: Dale Barbour
ISBN: 9780887559532
Format: Hardback
$150.08

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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World

The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World...

Author: Dave Zirin
ISBN: 9781620976753
Format: Hardback
$47.99

""A veteran sportswriter interviews high school athletes, college athletes, pro athletes and others involved in...  Read More >>

Understanding Sport Psychology

Understanding Sport Psychology

Author: Gavin Breslin ,  John Kremer
ISBN: 9781529744637
Format: Paperback
$80.99

A stimulating and practical resource for any student of sports psychology, covering new developments within the...  Read More >>

Heavy Metal Music, Texts, and Nationhood: (Re)sounding Whiteness

Heavy Metal Music, Texts, and Nationhood: (Re)sounding...

Author: Catherine Hoad
ISBN: 9783030676186
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book addresses how whiteness is represented in heavy metal scenes and practices, both as a site of academic...  Read More >>

Urban Marathons: Rhythms, Places, Mobilities

Urban Marathons: Rhythms, Places, Mobilities

Author: Jonas Larsen
ISBN: 9780367645519
Format: Paperback
$78.99

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Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Author: Richard Tacon
ISBN: 9780367248932
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international...  Read More >>

Urban Marathons: Rhythms, Places, Mobilities

Urban Marathons: Rhythms, Places, Mobilities

Author: Jonas Larsen
ISBN: 9780367642822
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Sociology of Leisure

The Sociology of Leisure

Author: Stanley Parker
ISBN: 9781032100425
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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We Will Win The Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality

We Will Win The Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the...

Author: Louis Moore
ISBN: 9780813153803
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of...

Author: John Feinstein ,  John Feinstein
ISBN: 9780316540933
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and...  Read More >>

Language, Identity Online and Running

Language, Identity Online and Running

Author: Nur Kurtoğlu-Hooton
ISBN: 9783030818302
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book focuses on language and identity online within the context of running from an interdisciplinary perspective....  Read More >>

Football, Place and National Identity: Transferring Allegiance

Football, Place and National Identity: Transferring...

Author: David Storey
ISBN: 9781786606174
Format: Hardback
$125.95

This book focuses on the intricate connections between football, place and politics. Investigating the switch of...  Read More >>

Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men's Shed Movement

Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men's Shed Movement...

Author: Professor Barry Golding
ISBN: 9780949313522
Format: Paperback
$129.38

"In the six years since The Men's Sheds Movement book in 2015, the Movement has broadened to include many other...  Read More >>

Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men's Shed Movement

Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men's Shed Movement...

Author: Professor Barry Golding
ISBN: 9781863352598
Format: Hardback
$142.31

"In the six years since The Men's Sheds Movement book in 2015, the Movement has broadened to include many other...  Read More >>

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