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  • Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport

    Edición de S. Wagg ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • The Social Faces of Humour

    Practices and Issues

    Edición de George E.C. Paton, Chris Powell, Stephen Wagg ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1996, this volume is a sequel to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control which was edited by George E.C. Paton and Chris Powell. Now, seven years later, the culturally central nature of humour seems greater than ever.This collection of original essays critically assesses the practices of humour in various role relationships in a number of social contexts, for example, in the ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor

    Montreal's Square Mile and Beyond

    de Susan Wagg ...
    By the year 1900, architect Andrew Taylor had designed Bank of Montreal branches across the continent and much of McGill University, helped found the McGill School of Architecture, and played a critical role in creating the first professional organization for Quebec architects. In The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor, Susan Wagg presents a groundbreaking study of the life and work of a major ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • British Football & Social Exclusion

    de Stephen Wagg ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This book takes stock of British football at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is written by a range of concerned academics and writers, all of whom have an active relationship with the contemporary football world. The book assesses the changes that have occurred in many areas of football culture and the political and academic debates that have accompanied these changes.English ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age

    Following On

    Edición de Stephen Wagg ...
    Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring the culture, politics, governance and economics of cricket in the twenty-first century, this book dispels the age-old idea of a gentle game played on England's village greens.This is an original political and ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Because I Tell a Joke or Two

    Comedy, Politics and Social Difference

    Edición de Stephen Wagg ...
    Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and the social differences of class, region, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and nationhood. It shows how comedy has been used to sustain, challenge and to change power relationships in society. The contributors, who include Stephen Wagg, Mark Simpson, Stephen Small, Paul Wells and Frances Williams, offer readings of ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Amateurism in British Sport

    It Matters Not Who Won or Lost?

    Edición de Dilwyn Porter, Stephen Wagg ...
    The ideal of the amateur competitor, playing the game for love and, unlike the professional, totally untainted by commerce, has become embedded in many accounts of the development of modern sport. It has proved influential not least because it has underpinned a pervasive impression of professionalism - and all that came with it - as a betrayal of i ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Come on Down?

    Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain

    Edición de Dominic Strinati, Stephen Wagg ...
    Come on Down represents an introduction to popular media culture in Britain since 1945. It discusses the ways in which popular culture can be studied, understood and appreciated, and covers its key analytical issues and some of its most important forms and processes. The contributors analyse some of popular culture's leading and most representative expressions such as TV soaps, quizzes and game ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • East Plays West

    Sport and the Cold War

    Edición de Stephen Wagg, David Andrews ...
    The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked. However, this assumption underestimates the extent to which sport was an important symbol for both power blocs in their ongoing ideological struggle ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The History and Politics of Motor Racing

    Lives in the Fast Lane

    Edición de Damion Sturm, Stephen Wagg, David L. Andrews ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrative elements in the international sport industry. Written by a group of international scholars and motor racing specialists it discusses the sport’s origins, the relationship of motor racing to nation building and modernity (noting its links to fascism and dictatorship), the links between motor racing ... Leer más

    $179.99 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies

    Edición de H. Lenskyj, S. Wagg ...
    A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm

    Edición de Stephen Wagg, Allyson M. Pollock ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues, debates and controversies that have arisen as a result. Written by experts in history, sociology, sport journalism and public health, the book considers sport and injury in relation to matters of social class; gender; ethnicity and race; sexuality; political ideology and national ... Leer más

    $215.99 USD