Sociology: sport & leisure books

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Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion: Place Event Marketing

Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion: Place Event...

Author: Waldemar Cudny
ISBN: 9781138354395
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Best American Sports Writing 2019

The Best American Sports Writing 2019

Author: Charles Pierce ,  Glenn Stout
ISBN: 9781328507853
Format: Paperback
$31.89

The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year.  Read More >>

The Greening of Golf: Sport, Globalization and the Environment

The Greening of Golf: Sport, Globalization and the Environment...

Author: Brad Millington ,  Brian Wilson
ISBN: 9781526143662
Format: Paperback
$77.63

This book is the first comprehensive study of the varyingresponses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport

The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport

Author: Rory Magrath ,  Jamie Cleland
ISBN: 9783030197988
Format: Hardback
$527.97

It covers a range of areas including history, media, gender, sexuality, race, violence, and fandom, considering...  Read More >>

The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State

The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism...

Author: Richard Mills (University of East Anglia, UK)
ISBN: 9781838603823
Format: Paperback
$69.99

A unique and insightful look at the complex history of socialist Yugoslavia through the lens of football.  Read More >>

The Social Meaning of Extra Money: Capitalism and the Commodification of Domestic and Leisure Activities

The Social Meaning of Extra Money: Capitalism and the...

Author: Sidonie Naulin ,  Anne Jourdain
ISBN: 9783030182960
Format: Hardback
$369.57

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

Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East

Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East

Author: Danyel Reiche (American University of Beirut) ,  Professor of Sociology Tamir Sorek (University of Florida)
ISBN: 9780190065218
Format: Paperback
$92.27

A rigorous appraisal of the intersection of sport and politics across the region.  Read More >>

Surveilling and Securing the Olympics: From Tokyo 1964 to London 2012 and Beyond

Surveilling and Securing the Olympics: From Tokyo 1964...

Author: Vida Bajc
ISBN: 9781349573523
Format: Paperback
$118.77

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The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century

The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first...

Author: David Goldblatt
ISBN: 9781509854264
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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Negotiating Fatherhood: Sport and Family Practices

Negotiating Fatherhood: Sport and Family Practices

Author: Thomas Fletcher
ISBN: 9783030197834
Format: Hardback
$224.37

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

Gridiron Gourmet: Gender and Food at the Football Tailgate

Gridiron Gourmet: Gender and Food at the Football Tailgate...

Author: Maria J. Veri ,  Rita Liberti
ISBN: 9781682261019
Format: Hardback
$68.20

Examines tailgating as shown in television, film, advertising, and cookbooks, and takes a close look at the experiences...  Read More >>

Infractions: Rule Violations, Unethical Conduct, and Enforcement in the NCAA

Infractions: Rule Violations, Unethical Conduct, and...

Author: Jerry Parkinson
ISBN: 9781496205476
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Jerry Parkinson spent nearly ten years, from 2000 to 2010, as a member of the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions....  Read More >>

Sport, Politics, and Society In the Middle East

Sport, Politics, and Society In the Middle East

Author: Danyel Reiche ,  Tamir Sorek
ISBN: 9781787381520
Format: Paperback
$65.00

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Dark Tourism in the American West

Dark Tourism in the American West

Author: Jennifer Dawes
ISBN: 9783030211899
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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

Soziale Verantwortung: Eine Vergessene Selbstverstandlichkeit

Soziale Verantwortung: Eine Vergessene Selbstverstandlichkeit...

Author: Klaus Hegemann ,  Felix Sohnrey
ISBN: 9783957102577
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Der Band Soziale Verantwortung. Eine vergessene Selbstverstandlichkeit entstand aus der konzentrierten Auseinandersetzung...  Read More >>

Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football

Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at...

Author: John U Bacon
ISBN: 9780062944238
Format: Paperback
$95.04

A deeply reported human portrait of a big-time college football program. Follows Michigan Wolverine coaches, players,...  Read More >>

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