Nature, recreation and sports / Sports & recreation

Politics, Policy and Practice in Physical Education

by John Evans & Dawn Penney

Using the example and context of Physical Education, a particularly vivid and comprehensive illustration is provided of the processes involved in the development of the National Curriculum for Physical Education...

Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology

by J. A. Mangan

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the games ethos which dominated...

The Tourism and Leisure Industry: Shaping the Future

by Kaye Sung Chon

Find out how the ways we live and work are changing the ways in which we play!

As populations grow and urbanization increases, social class, income, and ethnicity are influencing where and when people travel....

Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports

by Frank Hoffmann, Rebecca S Kraus & Martin J Manning

Examine the big-league benefits of minor league baseball!The Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns...

Consumer Behavior in Travel and Tourism

by Kaye Sung Chon, Abraham Pizam & Yoel Mansfeld

Containing original and previously unpublished theoretical and empirical studies, Consumer Behavior in Travel and Tourism will give professionals, professors, and researchers in the field up-to-date insight...

Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing

by Eric C. Schwarz, Jason D. Hunter & Alan LaFleur

Effective marketing is essential for any successful sport organization, from elite professional sports teams to local amateur leagues. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Advanced Theory and Practice...

The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

by Beatriz Garcia

This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Garcia examines the concept and evolution of cultural policies throughout the recent history...

Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence

by Lincoln Allison

We often decry "amateurism", yet one can do things "for the love of it" rather than for money. It can also show that an economic system which has more voluntary, unpaid activity is a more efficient system. This...

Rugby's Great Split: Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football

by Tony Collins

Since it's first publication, Rugby's Great Split has established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book...

Cricket and England: A Cultural and Social History of Cricket in England between the Wars

by Mr Jack Williams

Looking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values.

The Social Organization of Sports Medicine: Critical Socio-Cultural Perspectives

by Dominic Malcolm & Parissa Safai

The Social Organization of Sports Medicine is the first book-length overview of the social scientific study of sports medicine, drawing together work from an international cadre of scholars who examine and provide...

Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility

by Barbara Segaert, Marc Theeboom & Christiane Timmerman

The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social interventions...

Sport and Its Female Fans

by Kim Toffoletti & Peter Mewett

Why do women follow sports? How do they participate from the sidelines and what is the significance of this contribution? What can female fandom tell us about gender relations in sport? This book explores these...

Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

by Nick J. Watson & Andrew Parker

This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael...

Sports: Why People Love Them!

by Tim Madigan & Tim Delaney

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why-by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus...

A Comfortable Range

by Jim McDermott

McDermott describes his struggle to understand his talented, independent English setter at the same time he confronts his innermost fears for the safety of this much-loved gun dog. A Comfortable Range is a powerful,...

Thirty Years of the Game At Its Best

by Gare Joyce

Some sports seem to have a natural home. Soccer in Brazil, rugby in New Zealand, cricket in India. And Canada's game? Why hockey, of course.

But it wasn't always that way. By 1982, the Soviets had won every...

With Rifle & Petticoat: Women as Big Game Hunters, 1880-1940

by Kenneth Czech

Detailing specific time periods, regions hunted (Africa, Alaska, The Plains) and individual women, Kenneth Czech explores the interesting women who hunted a variety of big game animals around the world.

Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry

by Massad Ayoob

Understand the Hottest Issues Surrounding Concealed Carry!

Written by Massad Ayoob, one of the pre-eminent fighting handgun trainers in the world, Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry 2nd Edition builds upon the...

Sports Spectators

by Allen Guttmann

In his previous books Allen Guttmann has provided incisive perspectives on Avery Brundage's role in the Olympic movement and on the nature of modern sports. Now, in his latest book, the accomplished historian...