Sociology: sport & leisure books

Why do ordinary people who used to engage in domestic and leisure activities for free now try to make a profit from...  Read More >>

From Edison's Leonard-Cushing Fight to The Joe Louis Story, Rocky and beyond, this book explores why boxing has...  Read More >>

Von digitalisierten jugendlichen Freizeiten, uber den Sportunterricht als Raum fur Integrationsprozesse, bis hin...  Read More >>

From Edison's Leonard-Cushing Fight to The Joe Louis Story, Rocky and beyond, this book explores why boxing has...  Read More >>

Hockey and multiculturalism are often noted as defining features of Canadian culture; yet, rarely are we forced...  Read More >>

From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern...  Read More >>

This book provides an in-depth analysis of language and tourist mobility within an adventure tourism context. speech,...  Read More >>

Doing Fandom presents a body of knowledge essential to football fandom research, and the study of gender, space,...  Read More >>

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A Globe and Mail Best Book A finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize A love letter to a sport that's...  Read More >>

​This book provides an introduction to the Forge, an online discussion site for tabletop role-playing game (TRPG)...  Read More >>

Winner of the Leisure Studies Association's Outstanding Book Prize This book examines the tensions and ambivalences...  Read More >>

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This book is an exploration of how time, space and social atmospheres contribute to the experience of taste. It...  Read More >>

Ex-England cricket captain Mike Brearley examines the 'Spirit of Cricket' and how the notion of a 'good spirit'...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities presents an up-to-date, critical and comprehensive overview of established...  Read More >>

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This edited collection expands scholarly and popular conversations about dark tourism in the American West. The...  Read More >>

In The Sport Marriage, Steven M. Ortiz draws on studies he conducted over nearly three decades that focus on the...  Read More >>

In The Sport Marriage, Steven M. Ortiz draws on studies he conducted over nearly three decades that focus on the...  Read More >>

This book explores the transformation of cultural and national identity of global sports fans in South Korea, which...  Read More >>

The critically acclaimed global story of football in the twenty-first century.  Read More >>