Sociology of the World Rally Championship
Hans Erik Naess
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Description for Sociology of the World Rally Championship
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR; JHBS; KJS; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Drawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this book explores questions of commerciality and sporting identity, tackling the sport's controversial handling of the shift into 'the commercial age'. It is essential reading on combining sporting heritage and commercial progress.
Drawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this book explores questions of commerciality and sporting identity, tackling the sport's controversial handling of the shift into 'the commercial age'. It is essential reading on combining sporting heritage and commercial progress.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349487714
SKU
V9781349487714
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Ref
99-15
About Hans Erik Naess
Hans Erik Næss is a Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is affiliated with the interdisciplinary research programme CULTRANS (Cultural Transformation in the Age of Globalization). His blog, Thrills and Spills: Sociology goes to the FIA World Rally Championship, can be found here: http://hanserikness.blogspot.no/
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