Sociology: sport and leisure

In September 2001 the British Association for the Advancement of Science (the BA) embarked on the world's largest, and most unusual, scientific experiment.

From beanballs to basebrawls, the most important rules governing the game of baseball have never been officially written down-until now.

The globalizing influence of professional sportsProfessional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand.

Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.

That Americans take to sports with a spiritual fervor is no secret.

The untold story of the most contested fixture in world football'A must read.

A fantastic new picture book about Bing learning how to play football!

In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Marcus Rashford, the world-famous soccer player and campaigner against childhood hunger.

Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket.

The Ultimate Guide to Sport (without having to get out of your chair), from the writers and philosophers behind the award-winning TV show.

American living standards improved considerably between 1900 and 2000.

American living standards improved considerably between 1900 and 2000.

The most important football story ever told.

From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.

The fascinating, insightful and at times hilarious memoirs of one of the most gifted and enigmatic British footballers of the last 25 years.

An entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist.

This is a book for the sports lover.

The story of a man who gives up the rock 'n' roll dream.

Join Fiona the hippo, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, as she and her friends find a soccer ball and decide to play a game.

"e;Everything in life belongs to God.

"e;I learned that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not.

Meet Tim Tebow: He grew up playing every sport imaginable, but football was his true passion.

This book takes a close look at politics and social issues in the context of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, one of the most attended women's sporting events in history.

An engaging look at the ways economic thinking can help us understand how sports work both on and off the fieldAre ticket scalpers good for teams?

Winner of the Western Writers of America 2014 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, ContemporaryMention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail.

Playing While White argues that whiteness matters in sports culture, both on and off the field.

How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local impact.

Ramifications of the convergence of sports and digital technology, from athlete and spectator experience to the role of media innovation at the Olympics.

Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.

A game designer considers the experience of play, why games have rules, and the relationship of play and narrative.

The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.

The odyssey of a group of “refugees” from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.

Rooting for the Home Team examines how various American communities create and maintain a sense of collective identity through sports.

The degradation of modern sport--its commercialization, trivialization, widespread cheating, cult of athletic stars and celebrities, and manipulation by the media--has led to calls for its transformation.

In The Sport Marriage, Steven M.

The issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions.

A profound reminder that football is far more than a sport; its a canvas for building a fairer and more compassionate world Kelly Davies, former Wales international football playerTremendous .

Don't feel left out in the roar of the crowd.

What makes the ultimate Sunday League footballer?

The World Cup's kicked off!

Learn about how we organise our society in The Sociology Book.

Take a breath.

This book offers a distinctive introduction to understanding the position of sport in consumer society.

A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics.

A fresh exploration of the representation of poverty and class in American literature and film, through the juxtaposition of films, writings and the unusual lives of Zora Neale Hurston, Stephen Crane, Henry Miller and Michel Foucault.

Interested in the nexus between sport, gender, and language, Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations contains 21 wide-ranging chapters examining sport vis-a-vis the language surrounding and incorporated by it in the world arena.

Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities.

Providing the first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and enforcers, and the media since the 1960s, this book examines the regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which has been influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar Europe

Investigating the capacity of sport to act both as a conduit for traditional development assistance activities and as an agent for change in its own right, this book argues that sport can contribute to the development process, particularly where traditional development approaches have difficulty in engaging with communities.

Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries.