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paperback. Offering an assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, this book explores the ways in which historians can gather materials, construct and examine evidence, and present arguments about the sporting past. Part I examines theories of knowledge, while Part II scrutinizes the uses of historical knowledge in studies of sport history. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones, 1 blac. BIC Classification: HB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415282284
- ISBN
- 9780415282284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.02
€ 92.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 600 colour photos. BIC Classification: WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Black Belt Communications United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897501767
- ISBN
- 9780897501767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Hardcover. How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBS; WSJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323514
- ISBN
- 9781137323514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's bid to host the Games, arguments about the Games' likely impact and the establishment of 'Fortress London' to protect the Games. The book asks who won, and who lost out, in this important event as well as exploring its media coverage and legacy. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; JHBS; JPFC; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326331
- ISBN
- 9781137326331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies. Editor(s): Hopkins, Matthew; Treadwell, James. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBS; JKV; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347961
- ISBN
- 9781137347961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Hardcover. Since its creation the British Olympic Association (BOA) has been one of the most important institutions in sports governance. In spite of its prominence there has hitherto been no single-volume history of the Association. This scholarly yet accessible study fills that gap, assessing the origins, evolution, strengths and shortcomings of the BOA. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBTB; WSBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363411
- ISBN
- 9781137363411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. The economics of the NCAA Division I men's basketball league are peculiar because it fails to hire the best college-aged players and does little to enhance competitive balance within the league. The league's policy decisions and its ability to remain economically viable, despite its short-sighted governance decisions, are discussed. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNSP; WSBM; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384553
- ISBN
- 9781137384553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Ryan examines outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, providing a unique, alternative framework to the dilemmas of user impacts on nature, and the paradoxes inherent within this. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; RNK; RNT; WSZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385079
- ISBN
- 9781137385079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This edited volume addresses key debates around African football, identity construction, fan cultures, and both African and global media narratives. Using the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as a lens, it explores how football in Africa is intimately bound up with deeper social, cultural and political currents. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; KNSP; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392220
- ISBN
- 9781137392220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
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
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
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
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
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
€ 140.28
€ 140.28
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
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
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
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
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
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
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
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
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
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
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
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
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
€ 71.46
€ 71.46
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
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
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
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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
€ 48.99€ 39.10
€ 48.99
€ 39.10
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
€ 16.99€ 16.86
€ 16.99
€ 16.86
paperback. Editor(s): Fernandez l'Hoeste, Hector D.; Irwin, R.; Anker, Richard; Poblete, Juan. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503940
- ISBN
- 9781349503940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.35
€ 149.35