Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Skill Transmission, Sport and Tacit Knowledge: A Sociological Perspective

Skill Transmission, Sport and Tacit Knowledge: A Sociological...

Author: Honorata Jakubowska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
ISBN: 9781138281929
Format: Hardback
$131.00

Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or...  Read More >>

Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture: The Forgotten Game

Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture: The Forgotten...

Author: Jimmy O'Gorman
ISBN: 9781138047570
Format: Hardback
$305.00

At a time when there appears to be an ever widening gap between the grassroots and elite levels of the sport, this...  Read More >>

Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 Conference on Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation, July 17-21, 2017, Los Angeles, California, USA

Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention...

Author: Tareq Ahram
ISBN: 9783319608211
Format: Paperback
$327.32

This book describes cutting-edge applications of human factors for sports, injury prevention and outdoor recreation...  Read More >>

A Practical Guide to Event Promotion

A Practical Guide to Event Promotion

Author: Nigel Jackson (University of Plymouth, UK) ,  Katie Angliss (University of Plymouth, UK)
ISBN: 9781138915336
Format: Hardback
$347.00

This Practical Guide to Event Promotion offers the reader a short and succinct overview of the range of marketing...  Read More >>

Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Wine in New Zealand.

Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Wine in New...

Author: Peter J. Howland (Sociology, Massey University, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781138082281
Format: Paperback
$105.00

New Zealand’s wine came to the world’s attention in the late 1980’s with its production of some of the best quality...  Read More >>

The Athlete's Dilemma: Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame

The Athlete's Dilemma: Sacrificing Health for Wealth...

Author: John Weston Parry
ISBN: 9781442275409
Format: Hardback
$98.99

This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America’s top spectator sports. It...  Read More >>

The Social Science of Sport: A Critical Analysis

The Social Science of Sport: A Critical Analysis

Author: Bo Carlsson (Malmo University, Sweden) ,  Susanna Hedenborg (Malmo University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781138082915
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Sport science is an interdisciplinary field. In this book, sport science as an academic field within social sciences...  Read More >>

Kit: Fashioning the Sporting Body

Kit: Fashioning the Sporting Body

Author: Jean Williams (De Montfort University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138085640
Format: Paperback
$101.00

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Sport and Militarism: Contemporary global perspectives

Sport and Militarism: Contemporary global perspectives...

Author: Michael L. Butterworth (Ohio University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138690202
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This critical, interdisciplinary and international volume seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism...  Read More >>

Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport

Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport

Author: Eric Anderson (University of Winchester, UK) ,  Ann Travers (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138235632
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This is the first comprehensive study of the challenges that transgender athletes face in the hyper-macho, sex segregated...  Read More >>

A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution

A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's...

Author: Travis Elborough
ISBN: 9780099593829
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life, you might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there....  Read More >>

Sport, Community Regeneration, Governance and Development: A comparative global perspective

Sport, Community Regeneration, Governance and Development:...

Author: Rory Shand (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138125728
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book examines the ways in which sporting institutions are engaged with the local community in projects that...  Read More >>

The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams

The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the...

Author: Sam Walker
ISBN: 9780670078493
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The former global sports editor of The Wall Street Journal profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies...  Read More >>

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