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  • Running Cultures

    Racing in Time and Space

    by John Bale ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • East African Running

    Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective

    Edited by Yannis Pitsiladis, John Bale, Craig Sharp, Tim Noakes ...
    What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question?The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments being led by non-academics who use popular media as their medium rather than relying on scientific ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Four-Minute Mile

    Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Sport and Postcolonialism

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Post-Olympism

    Questioning Sport in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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

    by 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.” ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Kenyan Running

    Movement Culture, Geography and Global Change

    by 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 ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Geography in the Primary School (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Bale ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Women’s Sport in Africa

    Edited by John Bale, Michelle Sikes ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Global Sports Arena

    Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Body Cultures

    Essays on Sport, Space & Identity by Henning Eichberg

    Edited by 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, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Sites of Sport

    Space, Place and Experience

    Edited by John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $79.99 USD