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  • Running Cultures

    Racing in Time and Space

    par John Bale ...
    Collections series Sport in the Global Society
    Running 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 natural sciences. John Bale brings the sport into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources including literature, poetry, film, art and sculpture as well as statistics and training manuals to highlight the tensions, ambiguities and complexities that ... En savoir plus

    $130.99 CAD

  • The Interlude of “God’s Promises” In Plain and Simple English

    par John Bale ...
    This is one of England’s oldest mystery plays. The text is present with both the original translation and a modern translation. Please note, this story is also included in the collection “Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays In Plain and Simple English.” ... En savoir plus

    $4.11 CAD

  • Roger Bannister and the Four-Minute Mile

    Sports Myth and Sports History

    par John Bale ...
    Roger Bannister was the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Fifty years on, his status, not just as a champion athlete but also as a true British hero, a gentleman and an amateur from a 'golden era' in sport, retains its unblemished appeal.Until now there has been little criticism and even less close historical study of Bannister and his achievement. This book redresses the balance ... En savoir plus

    $71.44 CAD

  • Geography in the Primary School (Routledge Revivals)

    par John Bale ...
    Collections series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1987, this title provides primary school teachers with ideas by which geographical skills and ideas can be introduced in the primary school. John Bale shows how teachers can build on children’s ‘private geographies’ with practical learning strategies, examining approaches to the teaching of map skills, the ways in which the locality can be used and how information about distant ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

  • Kenyan Running

    Movement Culture, Geography and Global Change

    par John Bale, Joe Sang ...
    1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport. How significant really is Kenya in the world of sports? This book, the first to look in detail at the evolution and significance of a single sport in an African country, seeks to answer these and many other ... En savoir plus

    $105.80 CAD

  • Sport and Postcolonialism

    Modifié par John Bale, Mike Cronin ...
    Compared with modes of representation such as literature, drama, poetry and dance, the world of sport has been largely neglected in postcolonial studies. At both local and global levels, however, sport has been profoundly affected by the colonial legacy. How are individual nations and different sporting cultures coping with this legacy? What does the end of colonialism mean within particular ... En savoir plus

    $79.69 CAD

  • Post-Olympism

    Questioning Sport in the Twenty-First Century

    Modifié par John Bale, Mette Krogh Christensen ...
    The Olympic ideal and the Olympic Games stand as symbols of global cooperation, international understanding and the bonding of individuals through the medium of sports. However, throughout the twentieth century, Olympic rhetoric was often confronted by a different reality. The Games have regularly been faced by crises that have threatened the spirit of Olympism and even the Games themselves. Given ... En savoir plus

    $79.69 CAD

  • Women’s Sport in Africa

    Modifié par John Bale, Michelle Sikes ...
    Collections series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is worthy of exploration and research.This path-breaking collection of essays provides an introduction to a ... En savoir plus

    $86.56 CAD

  • The Global Sports Arena

    Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World

    Modifié par John Bale, Joseph Maguire ...
    Athletes are on the move. In some sports this involves labour, movement from one country to another within or between continents. In other sports, athletes assume an almost nomadic migratory lifestyle, constantly on the move from one sport festival to another. In addition, it appears that sport migration is gaining momentum and that it is closely interwoven with the broader process of global sport ... En savoir plus

    $105.80 CAD

  • The Four-Minute Mile

    Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier

    Modifié par John Bale, David Howe ...
    Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case of the Four-Minute Mile which was roundly believed to be impossible until Roger Bannister shattered ... En savoir plus

    $63.20 CAD

  • Sites of Sport

    Space, Place and Experience

    Modifié par John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Collections series Sport in the Global Society
    The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, the body's capabilities, needs and desires. It illuminates the tensions between the globalising tendencies of sport and the importance of local culture and a sense of place. This collection uses ... En savoir plus

    $116.99 CAD

  • Body Cultures

    Essays on Sport, Space & Identity by Henning Eichberg

    Modifié par John Bale, Chris Philo ...
    Body Cultures explores the relationship between the body, sport and landscape. This book presents the first critically edited collection of Henning Eichberg's provocative essays into 'body culture'. Eichberg, a well-known scholar in continental Europe who draws upon the ideas of Elias, Focault, Habermas and others, is now attracting considerable interest from Anglo-American sociologists, ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD