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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “roberta park”
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  • The Disappearing Shore

    by Roberta Park ...
    For a book that can be breezed through in a couple of hours, this pseudonymously written novella manages to plumb the modern-day human dilemma with surprising depth and emotion.- Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press and resilience.orgEvokes a transformed world without resorting to the false choice between Star Trek and Mad Max.- Patrick Marchman, Founder of the Climate Migration and Managed Retreat ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mapping an Empire of American Sport

    Expansion, Assimilation, Adaptation and Resistance

    Edited by Mark Dyreson, J.A. Mangan, Roberta J. Park ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    Since the mid-nineteenth century, the United States has used sport as a vehicle for spreading its influence and extending its power, especially in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim, but also in every corner of the rest of the world. Through modern sport in general, and through American pastimes such as baseball, basketball and the American variant of football in particular, the U.S ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Women, Sport, Society

    Further Reflections, Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft

    Edited by Patricia Vertinsky, Roberta Park ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    During the last four decades women’s and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of the accomplishments of notable female athletes. We have become increasingly aware that women have made contributions to physical education, dance and sport that go far beyond being teachers, athletes ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • From Fair Sex to Feminism

    Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras

    Edited by J A Mangan, Roberta J Park ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    First published in 1987 with the aim of deepening understanding of the place of women in the cultural heritage of modern society, this collection of essays brings together the previously discrete perspectives of women's studies and the social history of sport.Using feminist ideas to explore the role of sport in women's lives, From Fair Sex to Feminism is a central text in the study of sport, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • More than Cricket and Football

    International Sport and the Challenge of Celebrity

    by Jack Lule ...
    Contributions by Lisa Doris Alexander, Sean Bell, Benn L. Bongang, Joel S. Franks, Silvana Vilodre Goellner, Annette R. Hofmann, Dong Jinxia, Cláudia Samuel Kessler, Jack Lule, Li Luyang, Mark Panek, Roberta J. Park, Gamage Harsha Perera, Joel Nathan Rosen, Viral Shah, Maureen M. Smith, Nancy E. Spencer, Dominic Standish, Tim B. Swartz, Dan Travis, Theresa Walton-Fisette, and Zhong YijingGiven the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • La Roja

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    A Very Short Introduction

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