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Sociology of Sports


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Rooting for the Home Team
Rooting for the Home Team
by Daniel A. (edt) Nathan
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Rooting for the Home Team examines how various American communities create and maintain a sense of collective identity through sports. Looking at large cities such as Chicago, Baltimore, and Los Angeles as well as small rural towns, suburbs, and college... (read more)

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The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession
by Eric Simons
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Sports fandom is either an aspect of a person's fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who aren't fans at all. What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans... (read more)

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The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
by Mark Hyman
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A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture   Examining the youth sports economy from many sides—the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the... (read more)

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Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down
Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down
by Dave Zirin
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Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it “rule number one of the jockocracy”: sports and politics just don't mix. But as the celebrated alt-sportswriter Dave Zirin shows, politics has entered the modern sports arena with a vengeance. From Jeremy... (read more)

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What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States
What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States
by Dave Zirin
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“Zirin is America’s best sportswriter.”—Lee Ballinger, Rock and Rap Confidential “Zirin is one of the brightest, most audacious voices I can remember on the sportswriting scene, and my memory goes back to the 1920s.&rdquo... (read more)

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Sport in Contemporary Society (9TH 11 Edition)
Sport in Contemporary Society (9TH 11 Edition)
by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Sports buffs know all about famous players and coaches and can recite statistics in endless detail. But do fans know how sport is linked to other institutions of society? Do they understand the role of sport in socializing youngsters in both positive and... (read more)

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Souled Out? (07 Edition)
Souled Out? (07 Edition)
by Shaun Powell
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Souled Out? That's the question author Shaun Powell poses and ultimately answers with regard to the nature of blacks' participation in American sports. Neither blacks nor whites--athletes, coaches, administrators, owners, media, parents, and yes, even... (read more)

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Race, Sport, and the American Dream
Race, Sport, and the American Dream
by Earl Smith
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Race, Sport and the American Dream reports the main findings of a long term research project investigating the scope and consequences of the deepening relationship between African American males and the institution of sport. While there is some scholarly... (read more)

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Heroes Afar: How Eighty Athletes and Leaders Inspired the World
Heroes Afar: How Eighty Athletes and Leaders Inspired the World
by John Durbin Husher
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Like every youngster, John Durbin Husher had many heroes growing up, and they continued to inspire him into adulthood. If he saw Muhammad Ali knock out an opponent, he was thrilled. When he learned about Winston Churchill and how he stood up to the Nazis,... (read more)

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Sport, Power, and Society : Institutions and Practices (10 Edition)
Sport, Power, and Society : Institutions and Practices (10 Edition)
by Robert E. Washington
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This comprehensive collection examines the culture of sport and its relationship with various social institutions. The editors first provide a broad overview of the field and describe the ways in which the concept of sport as a meritocratic contest is... (read more)

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Sports Development
Sports Development
by Hylton P. Kevin
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Sports development is an important emerging field of academic study with a distinctive contribution to make to wider social, cultural, economic and educational policies and practices. Sports Development: Policy, Process and Practice offers a detailed... (read more)

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Globalization and Sport
Globalization and Sport
by Richard Giulianotti
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Globalization and Sportis a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. Features major critical interventions by some of the world’s leading sociologists and anthropologists on the subject of sport Contributors... (read more)

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Sport and Spirituality: An Introduction
Sport and Spirituality: An Introduction
by Jim Parry
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Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. However, the spiritual experience of sport be it described as flow, transcendence or the... (read more)

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Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies Vol 4 Issue 1
Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies Vol 4 Issue 1
by Clive Palmer
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Volume 4 demonstrates a qualitative research interest towards the sport of rugby and therefore may be all the more distinctive for adopting a themed approach to this sport. In recognition of this specialisation the foreword is written by Matthew Thombs... (read more)

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Four Years of Rants and Raves: Taking a Look at a Part of the Military Most People Rarely Think Of, and One Man's Ups and Downs in the Service.
Four Years of Rants and Raves: Taking a Look at a Part of the Military Most People Rarely Think Of, and One Man's Ups and Downs in the Service.
by Ryan K. Spear
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For many sports fans, sporting events set milestones in a person's life. Ryan Spear used these as a basis for his work as a radio broadcaster while stationed in the Air Force at Lajes Field in the Azores, located on a Portuguese-owned island in the... (read more)

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Sport and Society in the Global Age
Sport and Society in the Global Age
by Timothy Marjoribanks
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Modern professional sport is a key site of social action. This book focuses on the interactions of sport and society, and engages with the political, policy and organisational aspects of such interactions. With a clever structure that takes in turn... (read more)

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Heroes Afar: How Eighty Athletes and Leaders Inspired the World
Heroes Afar: How Eighty Athletes and Leaders Inspired the World
by John Durbin Husher
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Like every youngster, John Durbin Husher had many heroes growing up, and they continued to inspire him into adulthood. If he saw Muhammad Ali knock out an opponent, he was thrilled. When he learned about Winston Churchill and how he stood up to the Nazis,... (read more)

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Sports Development and Sports Policy in Society: An Introduction
Sports Development and Sports Policy in Society: An Introduction
by Daniel Bloyce
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Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and... (read more)

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Air Ball: American Education's Failed Experiment With Elite Athletics (06 Edition)
Air Ball: American Education's Failed Experiment With Elite Athletics (06 Edition)
by John R. Gerdy
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John R. Gerdy has seen nearly every side of athletics. He is the son of a high school football coach; he was an All-American and professional basketball player and a legislative assistant for the National Collegiate Athletic Association; and he served as... (read more)

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The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies
The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies
by Helen Jefferson (edt) Lenskyj
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This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection fills a long-standing gap in the fields of Olympic studies and sports sociology by applying a critical lens to a wide range of issues and controversies that have surrounded the Olympic movement... (read more)

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