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Sport in the Australian Culture RevisitedTwenty years ago, Saturday Afternoon Fever told us the story of the central place that sport can hold in both a personal and a national identity.… |
£65.00(Hardback) |
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Sports in American LifeThis richly documented book traces the evolution of American sports from the colonial period to the present. The narrative is organized around the… |
£24.99(Paperback) |
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Boxing, Masculinity and IdentityBoxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine… |
£75.00(Hardback) |
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Boxing, Masculinity and IdentityBoxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine… |
£24.99(Paperback) |
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The Games Presidents PlayThe Games Presidents Play provides a new way to view the American presidency. Looking at the athletic strengths, feats, and shortcomings of our… |
£18.50(Hardback) |
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Football and European IdentityDelayed in advance of… |
£75.00(Hardback) |
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Football and European IdentityShifting European identities, cultural loyalties and divisions are often expressed more directly through attitudes to the people's game game than in… |
£22.99(Paperback) |
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Physical Culture, Power and the BodyBy Patricia Vertinsky, Jennifer Hargreaves During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused specifically on physical culture - that… |
£22.99(Paperback) |
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Modern SportSport has become more than a simple physical expression or game- it now pervades all societies at all levels and has become bound up in nationalism,… |
£70.00(Hardback) |
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Playing on the PeripheryPart of the Sport in the Global Society series, this innovative and creative text explores collective history, memory, and sport culture, tracking the… |
£85.00(Hardback) |
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At 6 foot 7 Kevin Francis was the tallest player in the football league. And so said every newspaper article and programme feature written about him throughout his career. He's now a long distance lorry driver.
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