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  • - Less Virtuous Victorians at Play
     
    2 320,-

    Challenging the respectable image of Victorian society, this collection explores the sinful side of middle-class Victorian leisure, highlighting the problematic relationship between public respectability and private pleasure.

  • - Empire, Nation, Diaspora
     
    816,-

    This work traces the history, achievements and prospects of football in India and among global south Asian communities.

  • - Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras
     
    2 190,-

    With the aim of deepening understanding of the place of women in the cultural heritage of modern society, this collection of essays brings together the hitherto discrete perspectives of women's studies and the social history of sport.

  • - Sport, Empire, Society
     
    2 190,-

    The contributors to this volume examine the idea of empire with the view that sport was an important instrument of imperial cultural association and subsequent cultural change.

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    2 116,-

    This volume is the first major work in the English language to bring together the research and reflections of scholars who have chosen to concentrate on the cultural impact of sport - the modern opium of the masses - in a Scandinavian setting.

  • - Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation
     
    2 070,-

    This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations.

  • - Politics, Class, Gender
     
    2 550,-

    This book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe.

  • - Past and Present
     
    2 190,-

    As Sydney prepares to host next year's Olympic Games, this timely volume examines the cultural impact of sport on the Australasian countries.

  • - Inspirational Icons
     
    2 190,-

    Stories of remarkable women who devoted their lives to the cause of women's physical liberation are told in this volume.

  • - Space, Place and Experience
     
    2 190,-

    This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built environments such as gymnasiums and football stadiums can provide unique information about the body's

  • - Tradition and Change in a Globalizing World
     
    2 190,-

    Examines the tension between traditional models of Japanese sport, developed over centuries of relative isolation, and the forces of modernization and Japanese determination to become a global power.

  • - War Without Weapons
     
    2 216,-

    This collection explores the relationship between sport and war.

  • - Struggles for Status
     
    2 190,-

    The collection examines cases of discrimination directed at individuals or groups, resulting in their exclusion from full participation in sport and their consequent struggle for inclusion. It shows how ethnic and national identity are sources of

  • - Middle-class Revolutionaries
     
    790,-

    A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired.

  • - Cathedrals of Sport
     
    730,-

    This book offers original interpretations of the `built environments¿ that shape sport in U.S. society. The volume details the complex political, economic, social, and cultural issues that shaped the construction of the nation¿s most iconic modern buildings ¿ the new American secular cathedrals.

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    400,-

    Behind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in South Asia and among South Asians abroad.This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

  • - Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream
     
    660,-

  • - Sport and the Irish Diaspora
     
    490,-

    This book analyzes how the Irish aptitude and ebullience for sport has manifested itself abroad in countries with large Irish communities. Tracing how some clung to the traditions of the 'Old Country'; it also considers how involvement in sports enabled emigres to adapt to new locales.

  • - Politicians in Pursuit of Peace
    av Penelope (University of Thessaloniki Kissoudi
    660 - 1 856,-

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    514,-

    This book charts the diverse and changing face of football, from its origins in England to its adoption by other countries throughout the world. The globalized experiences that football has undergone is compared to those of baseball.

  • - The Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914
    av Alan (University of Windsor Metcalfe
    729,-

    A detailed account of the central role of recreation in the lives of the working class in the north-east of England, showing how it was an essential relief from the hard living and working conditions of Victorian and Edwardian mining communities.

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    800,-

    This scholarly contribution to the study of sport in films is one of the first of its kind to examine how sport has been used in movies and documentaries as a metaphor for other areas of social life, including insights into the representation of social identities, politics, consumerism and violence

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