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  • CRICKET: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE GLOBAL GAME, 1945-2017
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    CRICKET: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE GLOBAL GAME, 1945-2017
    STEPHEN WAGG
    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 a global game and does so by skilful adaptation, trading partly on its mythic past and partly on its capacity to repackage itself. This ambitious new history recounts the politics of cricket around th...

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  • SPORT, LEISURE AND CULTURE IN THE POSTMODERN CITY
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    SPORT, LEISURE AND CULTURE IN THE POSTMODERN CITY
    STEPHEN WAGG
    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. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater emphasis on consumption, leisure, and tourism. Illustrated by an interdisciplinary study of Leeds, a typi...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE STUDIES
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE STUDIES
    PETER BRAMHAM / STEPHEN WAGG
    "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 entry to that place where difficult ideas fuse into something intelligible, where real understanding sits and the educated imagination is stirred." - Tony Blackshaw, Sheffield Hallam University Peter...

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  • EAST PLAYS WEST
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    EAST PLAYS WEST
    STEPHEN WAGG
    The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked. However, this assumption underestimates the extent to which sport was an important symbol for both power blocs in their ongoing ide...

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  • KEY CONCEPTS IN SPORTS STUDIES
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    KEY CONCEPTS IN SPORTS STUDIES
    STEPHEN WAGG / BELINDA WHEATON / CARLTON BRICK / JAYNE CAUDWELL
    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 researched entries explain the key concepts in the debates surrounding the social significance and social dynamics of sport. Each entry provides: • Clear Definitions • Relevant Examples • Up-to-date Sugg...

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  • CRICKET AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE POSTCOLONIAL AGE
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    CRICKET AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE POSTCOLONIAL AGE
    STEPHEN WAGG
    Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring the culture, politics, governance and economics of cricket in the twenty-first century, this book dispels the age-old idea of a gentle game played on England's village greens. This is an original p...

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  • THATCHER'S CHILDREN?
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    THATCHER'S CHILDREN?
    DR JANE PILCHER / JANE PILCHER / STEPHEN WAGG
    That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks at the impact of the "New Ri...

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  • BRITISH FOOTBALL & SOCIAL EXCLUSION
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    BRITISH FOOTBALL & SOCIAL EXCLUSION
    STEPHEN WAGG
    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 relationship with the contemporary football world. The book assesses the changes that have occurred in many areas of football culture and the political and academic debates that have accompanied these cha...

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  • BECAUSE I TELL A JOKE OR TWO
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    BECAUSE I TELL A JOKE OR TWO
    STEPHEN WAGG
    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 shows how comedy has been used to sustain, challenge and to change power relationships in society. The contributors, who include Stephen Wagg, Mark Simpson, Stephen Small, Paul Wells and Frances Williams,...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE STUDIES
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE STUDIES
    PETER BRAMHAM / STEPHEN WAGG
    "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 entry to that place where difficult ideas fuse into something intelligible, where real understanding sits and the educated imagination is stirred." - Tony Blackshaw, Sheffield Hallam University Peter...

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