Products In Sociology: sport & leisure (Total Products 43, Showing: 1 -> 20)
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Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explo...
Long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.Sport's for everyone . . . isn't it?Society has led us to believe that women and sport ...
The epic exploration of society, politics, and economics in the twenty-first century through the prism of football, by the critically acclaimed author...
Originally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental stru...
Orwell was wrong. Sports are not war without the shooting , nor are they war by other means. To be sure sports have generated animosity throughout...
Beautifully illustrated and officially licensed by FIFA, Goal! is a unique football book that captures the essence of the ultimate sporting achievemen...
Eye-opening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the professional golfer.* SHORTLI...
Issues of reputation management are negotiated in a wide array of contexts, yet arguably one of the most visible of these areas involves how such stor...
Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.What do we think about when we th...
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set?and a revolution in social life and popular culture was laun...
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Great Britain ranked thirty-sixth in the medals table, finishing below countries like Algeria, Belgium and Kazakhstan....
In this tenth and celebratory volume in the Research in the Sociology of Sport series, ten recognized and influential sport scholars from around the w...
Cup Final Day, 1986, and the eyes of the world are on Liverpool and Everton as they walk out on to Wembley's lush green turf. Pumped with pride and pa...
Packed full of essential tools and tips, this second edition is your quick-start guide to undertaking research within real world of sport. Using clear...
′...a welcome addition to the literature in the rapidly expanding field of sports studies. It is up to date, comprehensive, and well and clearly wri...
James M. Dorsey introduces the reader to the world of Middle Eastern and North African football - an arena where struggles for political control, prot...
If someone were to say 'it's not tennis', or 'not football' of shabby behaviour in any walk of life, he or she would not be understood. If they said '...
By turns tragic and hopeful, the history of Israel and Palestine through the lens of the world's most popular sport.Football has never been shy of pol...
Why would someone pull the plug on a Premier League match? What prompts an athlete to search for sponsorship on eBay?How can the decision of a drinks ...
Following the success of Simon Hughes' Red Machine and Men in White Suits, books which depicted Liverpool FC's domination during the 1980s and its sub...