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Hardback. This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international scholars, this book offers a diverse range of exciting case studies, including sports competitions, music festivals, exhibitions, fashion shows and royal celebrations. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFP; JHBS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394927
ISBN
9781137394927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.95

Hardcover. Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. This book shows that there are some unique facets of female experience and fascinating negotiations of identity within the male-dominated world of men's professional football. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398192
ISBN
9781137398192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardcover. This book examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the International Olympic Committee wield power in similar ways, as evident in undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and absence of accountability. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBS; KNSP; LNJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137399755
ISBN
9781137399755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSP; WSB; WSPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405432
ISBN
9781137405432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Darcy, Simon; Frawley, Stephen; Adair, Daryl. Num Pages: 302 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KNSP; WSBB; WSBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137435200
ISBN
9781137435200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.11

Hardcover. Analysing in-depth data from 11 European countries, this collection explores the rise of the European running market, the reasons and motives for running, and the most important players in the field. The volume sets out policy challenges and marketing possibilities and addresses issues of participation, cost and health. Editor(s): Scheerder, Jereon; Breedveld, Koen. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 black & white tables, 74 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; KNSP; WSKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137446367
ISBN
9781137446367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFJ; JFSJ; JNB; WSBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485083
ISBN
9781137485083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Hardback. Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield. Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBLX; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487599
ISBN
9781137487599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Hardcover. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 229 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBTQ; JFSJ; KCZ; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137494429
ISBN
9781137494429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

Hardcover. Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press. Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; WSBB; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137498618
ISBN
9781137498618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.24

Hardcover. Augmentative play is a special activity that substantially aids the pursuit of a larger, encompassing leisure activity. This approach to the study of play is unique. It recognizes the hundreds of activities in which play and leisure come together. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JHBS; WD; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513014
ISBN
9781137513014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Hardback. Exploring how football impacts on people's everyday lives, this volume uses anthropological research methods to scrutinize the social fields of football fans and the specific socio-cultural contexts in which they are embedded, taking into account processes of Europeanization, globalization, commercialization and migration. Editor(s): Schwell, Alexandra; Kowalska, Malgorzata; Buchowski, Michal. Series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCA; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137516961
ISBN
9781137516961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardback. This book demonstrates that the European Union (EU) can curtail the autonomy of FIFA and UEFA by building upon insights from the principal-agent model. The author argues that EU institutional features complicate control, but do not render the EU powerless, and that FIFA and UEFA can deploy a variety of strategies to mitigate control. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; WSBM; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137517777
ISBN
9781137517777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.73

Hardcover. American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. Num Pages: 149 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFDT; JHBS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137555885
ISBN
9781137555885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Hardback. The Transformation of Television Sport: New Methods, New Rules examines how developments in technology, broadcasting rights and regulation combine to determine what sport we see on television, where we can see it and what the final output looks and sounds like. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTD; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559104
ISBN
9781137559104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137583185
ISBN
9781137583185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349046027
ISBN
9781349046027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric; Rojek, Chris. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHB; JN; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349111930
ISBN
9781349111930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349661534
ISBN
9781349661534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.54

hardcover. Questioning the reasons behind the existence and persistence of such behavior, this volume places an analysis of violence and aggressive play in modern sports within a historical context. Readers will find a rigorous examination of league regulations and policies based on an institutional framework. Editor(s): Jewell, R. Todd. Series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441966292
ISBN
9781441966292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.35

Paperback. Here is a fresh look at a political and economic puzzle: why do Joe and Jane Sixpack in the Bronx and Dallas pay taxes to subsidize ballparks for professional sports, despite evidence that publicly funded stadiums don't create net economic growth? Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KC; WSBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461433316
ISBN
9781461433316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Triumph Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600788499
ISBN
9781600788499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.31

paperback. Series: Recent Research in Psychology. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387976037
ISBN
9780387976037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.27

paperback. Num Pages: 313 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMH; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387977928
ISBN
9780387977928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.73

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