Sociology: sport & leisure books

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Racing Time: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Tour de France

Racing Time: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Tour...

Author: Bertrand Fincoeur ,  Kirsten Frandsen
ISBN: 9782889155712
Format: Hardback
$132.00

A book that fills a niche in academic analysis of the Tour de France. The Tour de France is an event known worldwide...  Read More >>

Women’s Football in Latin America: Social Challenges and Historical Perspectives Vol 1. Brazil

Women’s Football in Latin America: Social Challenges...

Author: Jorge Knijnik ,  Ana Costa
ISBN: 9783031079788
Format: Paperback
$343.17

The chapters in the Women’s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of...  Read More >>

In the Big Inning: Where Faith Meets Sports: A Christian Sportswriter's Perspective

In the Big Inning: Where Faith Meets Sports: A Christian...

Author: John Strege
ISBN: 9781959099536
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Modern Sport Ethics: A Reference Handbook

Modern Sport Ethics: A Reference Handbook

Author: Angela Lumpkin (University of Kansas, USA)
ISBN: 9798765115114
Format: Paperback
$44.99

"""First published in the United States of America by ABC-CLIO 2017""--Title page verso"  Read More >>

Sports and Society in the Middle East: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 2

Sports and Society in the Middle East: Cairo Papers...

Author: Nicholas S. Hopkins ,  Sandrine Gamblin
ISBN: 9781649032324
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A set of studies looking at the history, politics, and sociology of sports in the Arab world The sociology of sports...  Read More >>

Cricket in the 21st Century

Cricket in the 21st Century

Author: Souvik Naha (University of Glasgow, UK) ,  Dominic Malcolm (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032662107
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the ways in which cricket has reflected and reproduced some of the social and political tensions...  Read More >>

Fans Have More Friends

Fans Have More Friends

Author: Ben Valenta ,  David Sikorjak
ISBN: 9798874640446
Format: Audio
$124.05

In Fans Have More Friends, sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta argue that fandom...  Read More >>

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's First Stanley Cup Champions, and the War to End All Wars

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's...

Author: Kevin Ticen
ISBN: 9798987407622
Format: Hardback
$99.69

NEW UPDATED EDITION FOR FANS OF HOCKEY AND SPORT EVERYWHERE This commemorative 2nd Edition is one of the most...  Read More >>

Corruption and Scandal in American Sports: Causes and Consequences

Corruption and Scandal in American Sports: Causes and...

Author: Jimmy Sanderson (Texas Tech University, USA)
ISBN: 9781440878374
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Scandals about cheating and corruption have dogged amateur and professional sports in the United States since the...  Read More >>

Family and Sport: Notable Contributions to Sociology

Family and Sport: Notable Contributions to Sociology...

Author: Steven M. Ortiz (Oregon State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781802629941
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Highlighting the microlevel of the family to grapple with contemporary social issues at the macrolevel of society,...  Read More >>

Hate Crime in Football

Hate Crime in Football

Author: Imran Awan (Birmingham City University) ,  Irene Zempi (Nottingham Trent University)
ISBN: 9781529227185
Format: Hardback
$185.00

This is the first edited collection on the lived experiences of footballers and the wider football community as...  Read More >>

Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love and Family

Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love and...

Author: Dustin Grinnell
ISBN: 9781803741840
Format: Paperback
$49.16

Using the same adventurous spirit that took him all over the world, a writer looks inward to embark on a journey...  Read More >>

LGBT Football Fans: Authenticity, Belonging and Visibility

LGBT Football Fans: Authenticity, Belonging and Visibility...

Author: Rory Magrath (Southampton Solent University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032390765
Format: Hardback
$284.00

While recent years have seen the emergence of a significant body of research on LGBT inclusion in sport, little...  Read More >>

Nature Sports: Concepts and Practice

Nature Sports: Concepts and Practice

Author: Ricardo Melo (Coimbra Education School, Portugal) ,  Derek Van Rheenen
ISBN: 9781032558530
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The book represents first international collection and research in the field of nature sport. It is a resource for...  Read More >>

Move and Meet: Eine Studie zu Teilhabeprojekten im Sport aus der Perspektive der Angewandten Ethnologie

Move and Meet: Eine Studie zu Teilhabeprojekten im Sport...

Author: Laura Verweyen
ISBN: 9783658420413
Format: Paperback
$197.97

Dieser wurde als anwendungsorientierter Teil der vorliegenden Studie im Bereich der Angewandten Ethnologie konzipiert...  Read More >>

Theater des Konsums: Vorstudien für eine Soziologie der Verbraucherbühnen

Theater des Konsums: Vorstudien für eine Soziologie...

Author: Kai-Uwe Hellmann
ISBN: 9783658415594
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Diese Aufsatzsammlung beschäftigt sich vornehmlich mit der Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen die Erfahrung gemacht...  Read More >>

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco...

Author: Laurent Bonnefoy ,  Myriam Catusse
ISBN: 9781526127471
Format: Paperback
$57.99

A unique and transdisciplinary look at the young generations who lived in the Arab world at the time of the Arab...  Read More >>

Sports Illustrated The Football Vault: Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated The Football Vault: Great Writing...

Author: The Editors of Sports Illustrated
ISBN: 9781637275399
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for...  Read More >>

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco...

Author: Laurent Bonnefoy ,  Myriam Catusse
ISBN: 9781526127457
Format: Hardback
$200.00

A unique and transdisciplinary look at the young generations who lived in the Arab world at the time of the Arab...  Read More >>

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's First Stanley Cup Champions, and the War to End All Wars

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's...

Author: Kevin Ticen
ISBN: 9798987407608
Format: Paperback
$65.97

NEW UPDATED EDITION FOR FANS OF HOCKEY AND SPORT EVERYWHERE This commemorative 2nd Edition is one of the most...  Read More >>

Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, and Violence against Women

Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture,...

Author: Walter DeKeseredy ,  Stu Cowan
ISBN: 9781487547103
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society...  Read More >>

The Politics of Leisure

The Politics of Leisure

Author: Rudy Dunlap ,  Justin Harmon
ISBN: 9781032056272
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book explores entanglements between politics and leisure, ranging from the electorate’s concerns with public...  Read More >>

Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love

Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through...

Author: Gotham Chopra ,  Joe Levin
ISBN: 9781797164892
Format: Audio
$105.57

"From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto...  Read More >>

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