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A guide to analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms. It features the techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, spaces such as stadia and museums, and the internet. It explores the ambiguous and shifting cultural politics of sport through case studies, drawn from across the UK and USA.

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Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.

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Sports are inspiring and uplifting. They can also bring out some of the worst characteristics in human nature: narcissism, prejudice, greed. This book looks at the major sports scandals in modern American history, from the Black Sox fix of 1919 to the current concussion crisis in the NFL.

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This book examines different professional sports leagues in the United States and the role of competition within that leaguein the history of the league, for children learning and competing in the sport, for individuals competing to join a pro league, and the pros themselves meeting the various challenges of their career.

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In this in-depth study of sportsmanship and athletic teams, Suzanne S. Hudd analyzes the athlete's covenant, a set of informal guidelines that remind athletes they play for others as much as themselves. Hudd studies the waning commitment to the collectivistic properties of sport and the growing belief that sportsmanship is a thing of the past.

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This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport, and identifies the communities who developed football. -- .

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This book is the first comprehensive study of the varying
responses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors examine golf as a
sport and as a global industry, drawing on literatures
pertaining to environmental sociology, global social movements, institutional
change, corporate environmentalism and the sociology of sport.

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"The Heart of Pickleball" shares the joy, connection, and wellness that pickleball can bring into people's lives. The authors, two avid pickleball players, collected personal stories by those whose lives were touched or changed by picking up a paddle, putting themselves out there, and being unafraid to try something new.

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This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and the way leaders have exploited sports to achieve domestic and foreign policy goals. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.

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This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and domestic and foreign policy. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.

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This volume shows how we play at various ages and stages, and why play is so vital to our wellbeing.

Most American adults have little respect for play, for themselves or, increasingly, for their children.

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The book reports on a major research project on changes in dining out in three cities in England. It compares systematically popular practice in 1995 and 2015. Differences in taste and behaviour surrounding eating in restaurants and as guests of friends are put in the context of wider social and cultural trends. -- .

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The book reports on a major research project on changes in dining out in three cities in England. It compares systematically popular practice in 1995 and 2015. Differences in taste and behaviour surrounding eating in restaurants and as guests of friends are put in the context of wider social and cultural trends. -- .

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This provocative critique of the youth sports movement examines the various issues surrounding children in sports and provides a plan for reform based on a change in philosophy and practice.

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Ultras are the most prominent form of football fandom in the 21st century, from their origins in Italy in the 1960s, this style of fandom has spread across Europe and then across the globe. This book provides the first European-wide monograph on the ultras phenomenon. -- .

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Ultras are the most prominent form of football fandom in the 21st century, from their origins in Italy in the 1960s, this style of fandom has spread across Europe and then across the globe. This book provides the first European-wide monograph on the ultras phenomenon. -- .

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The racial makeup of sports in the United States serves as a classic example of racism in the 21st century. This book examines the racial disparities in sports and the continuing significance of race in 21st-century America, debunking the myth of a "postracial society."

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