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ISBN: 9780415421805 - Fit for Consumption Fit for Consumption
Maguire, Jennifer Smith

ISBN10: 9780203940655  ISBN13: 9780203940655
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
This is the first text to offer a comprehensive socio-cultural and historical analysis of the current fitness culture. Fitness today is not simply about health clubs and exercise classes, or measures of body mass index and cardiovascular... More

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ISBN: 9780415404839 - Sport and Spirituality Sport and Spirituality
Parry, Jim; Robinson, Simon; Watson, Nick; Nesti, Mark

ISBN10: 9780203938744  ISBN13: 9780203938744
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
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'... More

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ISBN: 9780470837337 - Inside Dope Inside Dope
Pound, Richard W

ISBN10: 9780470157763  ISBN13: 9780470157763
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Wiley
Format: Electronic Book
An IOC insider speaks out on creating a drug-free sports cultureWith doping charges leveled at athletes in baseball, cycling, and in the Olympics, cheating has, to many onlookers, become the norm in pro sports. With implications far beyond the... More

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ISBN: 9780415357739 - Why Sports Morally Matter Why Sports Morally Matter
Morgan, William

ISBN10: 9780203003732  ISBN13: 9780203003732
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes' loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in... More

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ISBN: 9780415331852 - Sport and the English, 1918-1939 Sport and the English, 1918-1939
Huggins, Mike; Williams, Jack

ISBN10: 9780203398029  ISBN13: 9780203398029
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
A thorough, innovative yet entertaining and readable analysis of sport as an expression of the values and social relations of a nation. Covering the years between the two World Wars, the central place of sport in English life is brought into sharp... More

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ISBN: 9780470837337 - Inside Dope Inside Dope
Pound, Richard W

ISBN10: 9780470675298  ISBN13: 9780470675298
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Wiley
Format: Electronic Book
An IOC insider speaks out on creating a drug-free sports cultureWith doping charges leveled at athletes in baseball, cycling, and in the Olympics, cheating has, to many onlookers, become the norm in pro sports. With implications far beyond the... More

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ISBN: 9780415417075 - Culture, Politics and Sport Culture, Politics and Sport
Whannel, Garry

ISBN10: 9780203933770  ISBN13: 9780203933770
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. ...For 20 years his writing has set a high standard ...and it remains an inspiration to many' - Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University... More

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ISBN: 9780415375405 - Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport
Carrington, Ben; McDonald, Ian

ISBN10: 9780203099056  ISBN13: 9780203099056
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events like the Olympic Games, to state... More

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ISBN: 9780415421829 - Sports Development Sports Development

ISBN10: 9780203187951  ISBN13: 9780203187951
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book

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ISBN: 9780415421829 - Sports Development Sports Development
Hylton, Kevin; Bramham, Peter

ISBN10: 9780203939475  ISBN13: 9780203939475
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
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... More