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Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a New Era

Fan Hong, J. a. Mangan

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• Author(s): Fan Hong | J. a. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countri...

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Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003

Boria Majumdar, Mangan J. A

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• Author(s): Boria Majumdar | Mangan J. A • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: CricketThe 2003 World Cup was of vital importance to the participating countries. For India, a world cup triump...

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Sport in Asian Society: Past and present

Fan Hong, J. a. Mangan

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• Author(s): Fan Hong | J. a. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryLinking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of essays offers a lucid, original and highly readable hi...

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The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

Dauncey Hugh, Geoff Hare

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• Author(s): Dauncey Hugh | Geoff Hare • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CyclingThis book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European...

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Terrace Heroes: The Life and Times of the 1930s Professional Footballer

Graham Kelly

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• Author(s): Graham Kelly • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThe 1930s saw the birth of the football idol - prototype for today's powerful media sport stars. The players of the 1930s were the first generation of ...

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Italian Fascism and the Female Body: Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers

Gigliola Gori

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• Author(s): Gigliola Gori • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThis is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on Italian Wome...

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Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right

David Fraser

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• Author(s): David Fraser • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketCricket, law and the meaning of life ...In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, bal...

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The Politics of South African Cricket

Jon Gemmell

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• Author(s): Jon Gemmell • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketThe Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Crick...

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Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives

Paul Darby, Martin Johnes, Gavin Mellor

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• Author(s): Paul Darby | Martin Johnes | Gavin Mellor • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThe word disaster is much used in the world of soccer - conceding a penalty, a sending off, an untimely defeat. Comparing ...

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Sport and International Relations: An Emerging Relationship

Adrian Budd, Roger Levermore

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• Author(s): Adrian Budd | Roger Levermore • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistorySport plays a highly significant role in the lives of millions the world over, and yet the impact of this global phenomenon on the su...

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Sites of Sport: Space, Place and Experience

John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky

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• Author(s): John Bale | Patricia Vertinsky • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThe study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information ...

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Matters of Sport: Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning

Dominic Malcolm, Ivan Waddington

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• Author(s): Dominic Malcolm | Ivan Waddington • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EssaysMatters of Sport is a tribute to Eric Dunning, the leading sports sociologist in the English-speaking world. This book addresses D...

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A Sport-Loving Society: Victorian and Edwardian Middle-Class England at Play

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: HistoryIn a time of unprecedented political and economic transformation, the middle classes of Victorian and Edwardian England ...

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Reformers, Sport, Modernizers: Middle-class Revolutionaries

J. A.Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A.Mangan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralA record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern ...

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Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding up More than Half the Sky

Jinxia Dong

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• Author(s): Jinxia Dong • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralDrawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author ex...

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Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates

Andrew Hignell

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• Author(s): Andrew Hignell • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketA geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.

Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

Steven Greenfield, Guy Osborn

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• Author(s): Steven Greenfield | Guy Osborn • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralAs the commercialization of sport grows, the need for proper regulation increases. In legal terms, sport is part of the entertainmen...

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Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport

Dilwyn Porter, Adrian Smith

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• Author(s): Dilwyn Porter | Adrian Smith • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryThe pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain's sports. At the end of the 20th century s...

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Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence

Lincoln Allison

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• Author(s): Lincoln Allison • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralWe 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 m...

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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914: A Social and Economic History

Mike Huggins

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• Author(s): Mike Huggins • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Horse Racing2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearThis volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was...

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Africa, Football and Fifa: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance

Paul Darby

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• Author(s): Paul Darby • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis book explores the role of FIFA in brokering the development of football in Africa and its relationship with that continent's football associations a...

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Football, Europe and the Press

Liz Crolley, David Hand

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• Author(s): Liz Crolley | David Hand • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: Engl...

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Serious Sport: J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport

Scott Crawford

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• Author(s): Scott Crawford • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryTrial-blazer and mentor, Professor J.A. Mangan is a distinguished scholar in the fields of sports history whose work has inspired a generation of hi...

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Running Cultures: Racing in Time and Space

John Bale

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• Author(s): John Bale • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Track & FieldRunning is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it has intended to elude serious study outside of the ...

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Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003

Boria Majumdar, J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): Boria Majumdar | J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketThe 2003 World Cup was of vital importance to the participating countries. For India, a world cup triumph would make cricket the nati...

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Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a New Era

Fan Hong

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• Author(s): Fan Hong • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countri...

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Japan, Sport and Society: Tradition and Change in a Globalizing World

Joseph Maguire

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• Author(s): Joseph Maguire • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryEvolving for centuries in relative isolation, sport in Japan developed a unique character reflective of Japanese culture and society....

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The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

Hugh Dauncey

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• Author(s): Hugh Dauncey • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CyclingThis book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a Europe...

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Disreputable Pleasures: Less Virtuous Victorians at Play

Mike Huggins, J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): Mike Huggins | J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryMany historians have claimed that respectability was the sharpest line of social division in Victorian society, even that the line betw...

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Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football

Kenneth Sheard

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• Author(s): Kenneth Sheard • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: RugbyFirst published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become ...

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Italian Fascism and the Female Body: Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers

Gigliola Gori

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• Author(s): Gigliola Gori • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThis is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on Italian Wome...

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The Politics of South African Cricket

Jon Gemmell

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• Author(s): Jon Gemmell • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketThe Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Crick...

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Sport and International Relations: An Emerging Relationship

Adrian Budd, Roger Levermore

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• Author(s): Adrian Budd | Roger Levermore • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistorySport plays a highly significant role in the lives of millions the world over, and yet the impact of this global phenomenon on the su...

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Sites of Sport: Space, Place and Experience

John Bale

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• Author(s): John Bale • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThe study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about ...

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Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions

Alina Bernstein

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• Author(s): Alina Bernstein • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralAn examination of the central features of the sport-media phenomenon, focusing on Europe and the USA. The book analyses such issues ...

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Encyclopedia of British Football

Richard Cox, Dave Russell, Wray Vamplew

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• Author(s): Richard Cox | Dave Russell | Wray Vamplew • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative...

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British Sport: A Bibliography to 2000: Nationwide Histories

Richard Cox

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• Author(s): Richard Cox • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryVolume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. I...

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A Sport-Loving Society: Victorian and Edwardian Middle-Class England at Play

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryIn a time of unprecedented political and economic transformation, the middle classes of Victorian and Edwardian England became principal players in a ...

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Reformers, Sport, Modernizers: Middle-class Revolutionaries

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryA record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who ...

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Women, Sport And Society In Modern China: Holding Up More Than Half The Sky

Dong Jinxia

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• Author(s): Dong Jinxia • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralDrawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author explores the rise...

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Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates

Andrew Hignell

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• Author(s): Andrew Hignell • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketA geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.

Europe, Sport, World: Shaping Global Societies

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThe sports of Europe and the United States were imitated and assimilated and became symbols of national and cosmopolitan identity. This...

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Making European Masculinities: Sport, Europe, Gender

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralAs sport has grown, progressively replacing religion, in its power to excite passion, provide emotional escape, offer fraternal (and increasingly soro...

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The Future of Football: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century

Jon Garland, Dominic Malcolm, Mike Rowe

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• Author(s): Jon Garland | Dominic Malcolm | Mike Rowe • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerWorld football has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. On the field, the richest European clubs have reta...

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Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

Steven Greenfield, Guy Osborn

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• Author(s): Steven Greenfield | Guy Osborn • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralAs the commercialization of sport grows, the need for proper regulation increases. In legal terms, sport is part of the entertainmen...

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The Commercialisation of Sport

Trevor Slack

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• Author(s): Trevor Slack • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralWhat does commercialisation mean for the future of sport? Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of bu...

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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914: A Social and Economic History

Mike Huggins

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• Author(s): Mike Huggins • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Horse Racing2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearThis volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and...

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Football, Europe and the Press

Liz Crolley, David Hand

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• Author(s): Liz Crolley | David Hand • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThis book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: Engl...

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Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation

Mike Cronin, David Mayall

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• Author(s): Mike Cronin | David Mayall • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ReferenceThis volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and, in particular, looks...

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Sport in Europe: Politics, Class, Gender

J. A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J. A. Mangan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryThis book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe. As sport has grown, progressivel...

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France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event

Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare

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• Author(s): Hugh Dauncey | Geoff Hare • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThe contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup. It is set within...

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

Jack Williams

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• Author(s): Jack Williams • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: CricketLooking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values.

The Race Game: Sport and Politics in South Africa

Douglas Booth

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• Author(s): Douglas Booth • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Reference1999 North American Society for Sports History Book of the YearDouglas Booth looks at the role of sport in the fostering of a new national identity...

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The Evolution of English Sport

Neil Wigglesworth

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• Author(s): Neil Wigglesworth • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: HistoryThis work uses original material from clubs and sporting organizations to illuminate the evolution of sporting activity nation-wide. It relates t...

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Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity

Timothy J.L. Chandler

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• Author(s): Timothy J.L. Chandler • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: RugbyThis text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influence...

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The First Black Footballer: Arthur Wharton 1865-1930: An Absence of Memory

Phil Vasili

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• Author(s): Phil Vasili • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerArthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and L...

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France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event

Hugh Dauncey, Hare Geoff

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• Author(s): Hugh Dauncey | Hare Geoff • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: SoccerThe contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup. I...

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Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation

Mike Cronin, David Mayall

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• Author(s): Mike Cronin | David Mayall • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ReferenceThis volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and, in particular, looks...

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Making the Rugby World: Race, Gender, Commerce

Timothy J. L. Chandler, John Nauright

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• Author(s): Timothy J. L. Chandler | John Nauright • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: RugbyThis book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core into other contexts throug...

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The Games Ethic and Imperialism: Aspects of the Diffusion of an Ideal

J.A. Mangan

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• Author(s): J.A. Mangan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThis is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism,...

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Buy Sports & Recreation Books Online in India 

Athletic performance, sports-related adventure, fitness lifestyle, and movement opportunities for enjoyment are all covered in the Sports & Recreation Books Collection. No matter what your role is—whether it is being an athlete, fan, coach, or someone interested in history/performance psychology/training strategies—the Sports & Recreation collection provides a variety of sports and recreation books online to inspire and educate.

Sports & Recreation Books Online India brings you the excitement of sport through classic books covering peak performance as well as illustrated and practical books that provide insight into the history and processes involved in sport on and off the field.

Explore a Wide Range of Sports & Recreation Books

Whether you want to improve your game, learn more about athletic culture, or enjoy legendary sporting stories, this sports & recreation collection has something for every reader interested in physical activity, strategy, and athletic excellence.

Performance Mindset, Psychology & Peak Play

Understanding the mental side of sport is just as important as mastering physical skill. These books focus on performance psychology and winning mindsets:

These are must-read titles for anyone wanting to go beyond physical practice and explore the mental power that contributes to peak athletic performance in sport and life.

Sport History, Culture & Icons

For readers who love the stories behind the games and the people who defined them, these books blend history, narration, and legendary moments:

  • The Art of Batting: Decoding the Craft of Cricket’s Greatest Run Scorers by Jarrod Kimber provides a well-researched analysis of batting technique as well as the historical evolution of cricket through the eyes of some of the best players in the game.

  • Official History of the FIFA World Cup, This is an illustrated and comprehensive history of the World Cup, the most popular sporting event in the world. It also covers such historic matches and players.

  • The Tennis Court: A Journey to Discover the World’s Greatest Tennis Courts by Nick Pachelli is a visual representation of historic tennis courts and their associated traditions.

  • Chambers Book Of Cricket Facts by Hachette India is both informative and entertaining. It contains records, trivia, and entertaining facts related to cricket, making it an ideal gift for diehard fans and casual trivia lovers.

These are great examples of books on sports and recreation that go beyond technique to capture the richness of sport culture and history.

Training, Fitness & Practical Guides

For those who wish to increase their physical ability or explore fitness theory, the following are useful.

  • The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Fitness Training by Andy Wadsworth provides a full manual for strength endurance, resistance, and weight training.

  • Karate: For Beginners and Advanced by Richard Murat, Give clear instructions for all of the self-defense skills and the fundamentals of the martial arts for all karate practitioners, whether new or experienced.

  • Golf Tips From The Pros by Tim Baker provides practical, easily understandable golf tips to help you expand your skills and gain a competitive edge on the course.

  • Strength Training for Triathletes: The Complete Program to Build Triathlon Power, Speed, and Muscular Endurance by Patrick Hagerman

These titles are perfect if you want to buy books on sports and recreation that offer actionable advice and training frameworks.

Specialized Interests & Athletic Adventures

Exploratory & Inspirational Sports Novels Tell Stories of People Engaged in Unique Pursuits.

These remarkable books extend the realm of sports reading into exploration, inspiration, and spectacular athletic achievement.

Top Sports & Recreation Books to Own

Here’s a curated list of standout sports books from this collection that are great to buy sports books online in India:

  1. How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life by Bob Rotella

  2. The Inner Game of Tennis (50th Anniversary Edition) by W. Timothy Gallwey

  3. The Art of Batting by Jarrod Kimber

  4. Official History of the FIFA World Cup by FIFA World Football Museum

  5. The Tennis Court by Nick Pachelli

  6. Chambers Book Of Cricket Facts by Hachette India

  7. The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Fitness Training by Andy Wadsworth

  8. Karate: For Beginners and Advanced by Richard Murat

  9. Golf Tips From The Pros by Tim Baker

  10. Strength Training for Triathletes by Patrick Hagerman

  11. Everest Ki Dusri Ore by Ravindra Kumar

  12. Swell by Maria Ferguson

  13. Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1 by Will Buxton

These books cover mental skills, history, practical training, adventure, and sport culture making them some of the most interesting sports & recreation books you can buy online in India.

Why Read Sports & Recreation Books?

Reading sports books online India and sports & recreation books helps you:

  • Investigate the psychology and mindset of the ideal performer.

  • Explore sport-specific training techniques and skills.

  • Understand the historical and cultural background of popular sports.

  • Find inspiration and motivation from sport narratives and inspiring athletes' journeys.

  • Learn the science associated with fitness, endurance, and recovery.

All of these books can enhance your own coaching, academic, or personal collection as well as serve as valuable resources for an athlete or an interested fan.

Who Should Read These Books?

This collection was created for:

  • Athletes and fitness lovers are looking for tips to get better performance.

  • Coaches and trainers looking for training and psychology resources

  • Students interested in studying sports science and physical education.

  • People who love to read about sports history, culture, and famous stories.

  • Anyone wanting to purchase sports books to learn, be inspired, or simply enjoy reading them.

FAQs: Sports & Recreation Books

1. What are sports & recreation books?

These are books centered on sports performance, training, history, fitness, psychology, and recreational activities that help readers learn, improve, and appreciate athletic life.

2. Where can I buy sports books online in India?

You may buy sports-related merchandise at Atlantic Books Sports & Recreation Collection and have items shipped throughout India.

3. Are there books on sports psychology?

Yes, the following books, for example, How Champions Think and Think Like a Warrior, focus on developing mental strategies that will be beneficial for an athlete.

4. Do these books cover fitness training?

Yes, books such as The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Fitness Training and Strength Training for Triathletes provide actionable steps/reference guides to follow.

5. Are there illustrated and reference sport books?

Yes, illustrated stories and reference volumes like Official History of the FIFA World Cup and Chambers Book Of Cricket Facts combine visuals and insights.

Top Publishers Featured in This Collection

This Sports and Recreation Books Series features works published by leading publishers like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Bloomsbury Sport, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Books Ltd, and Hachette India, all reputable for their quality sports and recreation material.