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Thatcher's Grandchildren?
Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a …
Sounds and the City
This book draws from a rich history of scholarship about the relations between music and cities, and the global flows between music and urban experience. The contributions in this …
Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City
The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. …
Because I Tell a Joke or Two
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 …
Sport, Protest and Globalisation
This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the world, including many sport lovers, there are more important things in life than …
The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm
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 …
Cricket: A Political History of the Global Game, 1945-2017
Cricket is an enduring paradox. On the one hand, it symbolises much that is outmoded: imperialism; a leisured elite; a rural, aristocratic Englishness. On the other, it endures as …
Key Concepts in Sports Studies
Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies. Clear, well …
An Introduction to Leisure Studies
"There are textbooks galore, but there aren’t many crafted as intelligently as this one. This book will change the way that students understand leisure. It will give them an easier …
British Football & Social Exclusion
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 …
Come on Down?
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, …
The Social Faces of Humour
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 …