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Paperback. Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. This study on Latinos and professional baseball since the 1880s tells a story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn - passing as 'Spanish' in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL4; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251434
- ISBN
- 9780520251434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.13
€ 33.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. Tells the story of the Tour de France since its creation in 1903. This book links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. It examines the popularity of Tour racers, and explores how their public images have changed. Num Pages: 406 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBT; WSB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Updated with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256309
- ISBN
- 9780520256309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. This title provides a chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269798
- ISBN
- 9780520269798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Presents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276642
- ISBN
- 9780520276642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Series: Sport in World History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 black and white illus. BIC Classification: HBTV; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279100
- ISBN
- 9780520279100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 73.24
€ 95.06
€ 73.24
Paperback. Series: Sport in World History. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBTV; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279117
- ISBN
- 9780520279117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Talking about how to watch, research, and understand baseball, this book shows how easy it is to get data, process it, and use it to understand baseball. It lists many sources for contemporary and historical baseball data, and explains how to load it into a database for analysis. It then introduces statistical tools for understanding data. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596009427
- ISBN
- 9780596009427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms describes the special words used by those working or hunting in Englanda s woodlands and forests from the early Middle Ages until the present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: CBD; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176367
- ISBN
- 9780631176367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
Paperback. * Examines ethical issues in sports, such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. * Includes essays by psychologists, sociologists, coaches, and sports writers. * Gives the reader an understanding of the moral significance of sport, and how sports affect society. . Editor(s): Boxill, Jan. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216971
- ISBN
- 9780631216971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Paperback. Shows how to teach both horse and rider to jump show jumps and cross county fences with confidence at all stages of horse and rider development, from novices to advanced level competitors. This book serves as a reference for the career instructor following the British Horse Society examination system. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150. BIC Classification: WSNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632041275
- ISBN
- 9780632041275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Paperback. Examines a further aspect of the horse's performance. This book is designed to help the horse owners and riders to understand how a horse moves and how its anatomy helps, or hinders, the horse's athletic ability. It uses photographs and anatomical drawings to show the systems of support and movement at each phase of each of the horse's gaits. Num Pages: 208 pages, 186 illustrations. BIC Classification: MZDH; MZH; WSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632051373
- ISBN
- 9780632051373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Offers a study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before WWII. This book examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, politically resonant, globally popular entertainment extravaganzas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023260
- ISBN
- 9780674023260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.55€ 72.48
€ 79.55
€ 72.48
Hardback. Drawing on archival sources to analyze a hundred-year perspective on sports in China, this book explores why the country became obsessed with Western sports at the turn of the twentieth century, and how it relates to China's search for a national and international identity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028401
- ISBN
- 9780674028401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.49
€ 51.99
€ 43.49
Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050983
- ISBN
- 9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056107
- ISBN
- 9780674056107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Presents an account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. This book shows how climbers' behavior toward the Sherpas has ranged from kindness to cruelty, from cultural sensitivity to derision. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 halftones 3 maps 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; JHMC; JHMP; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074481
- ISBN
- 9780691074481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Drawing on historical research, this work demonstrates how athletics influence the class composition and campus ethos of selective schools, as well as the messages that these institutions send to prospective students, their parents, and society at large. It shows that athletic programs raise even more difficult questions of educational policy. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 tables, 82 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096193
- ISBN
- 9780691096193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardback. What economic rules govern sports? How does the sports business differ from other businesses? This title takes a look at the fundamental economic relationships shaping modern sports. It focuses on the ways that the sports business does and does not overlap with economics. It uncovers the core paradox at the heart of the sports industry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: KNSP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127507
- ISBN
- 9780691127507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. A story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. This book chronicles both the law's successes and failures - the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting pressures of modern-day athletics. It provides the first history of the law's evolution since its passage in 1972. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128856
- ISBN
- 9780691128856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. This work gives us a commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball. It shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian - and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130439
- ISBN
- 9780691130439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92