This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrativ...

A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to en...

This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at ...

Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have tha...

First published in 1996, this volume is a sequel to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control whi...

This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the wo...

This book draws from a rich history of scholarship about the relations between music and cities, ...

Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's...

This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the wo...

Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject this book will help students and re...

Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have tha...

That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society ge...