Sociology: sport & leisure books

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""To understand the Kentucky Derby is to understand the contemporary American spirit."" One hundred and fifty years...  Read More >>

This book is the first edited collection to offer an intersectional account of gender in mountaineering adventure...  Read More >>

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrative elements in the...  Read More >>

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

The bad*ss story of the female, queer, bi, and nonbinary skaters who charted a path to the Olympics and changed...  Read More >>

The bad*ss story of the female, queer, bi, and nonbinary skaters who charted a path to the Olympics and changed...  Read More >>

"""This collection of Grant's work is a great testament to not only what he did when he was here, but what he's...  Read More >>

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With a new foreword by Akshi Singh, An Experiment in Leisure remains a striking and captivating adventure in thinking...  Read More >>

While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and...  Read More >>

Chronicles the long and tortured history of the NCAA’s attempt to maintain the myth of amateurism and the student-athlete,...  Read More >>

A hilarious, heartfelt, nostalgia-infused story of sport, loss and the journey of a lifetime. A BBC Arts & The...  Read More >>

Hockey used to be Canada's game. What happened? A renowned sports expert details the sellout of a sport Canada once...  Read More >>

This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and methodological contributions critically exploring...  Read More >>

This powerful new book looks at how private institutions governing and organising sport restrict political expression....  Read More >>

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This book presents a critical assessment of evaluation theory and practice in sport and leisure. It considers established...  Read More >>

Bringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied...  Read More >>

The act of surfing involves highly-skilled humans gliding, sliding, or otherwise riding waves of energy as they...  Read More >>

This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its central...  Read More >>

This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure and social...  Read More >>