The work is intended as a background to the history and significance of play and recreation and as a guide for planning and adapting recreational programmes. The role of the element of play in different societies is described and the developments which contribute to the modern leisure movement are...

This handbook gives practical advice on the location, construction and management (stocking, fertilizing, weed control, harvesting, etc.) of ponds for rearing sport fish.

In this analysis of the position of sport in society the answer to a number of questions is sought: Is sport an aim in its own right? What is the essence of sport? Is the game an essential element within the sport? How are sport and dance related? Is sport a necessity or a luxury? What impact does...

The book suggests that the increase in leisure time causes a change in traditional values and creates problems for many. New ideas in connection with drugs, the arts, gambling, the place of sport in the community and the position of women are discussed. The following questions are explored: Are...

One of the new branches of applied sociology is the sociology of sport which refers to the analysis of an institutionalized type of competitive interaction. This specific study of sport extends from the analysis of spontaneous group activity amongst children to the problems of efficiency in...

The selection of contributions aims at arranging the various different approaches to leisure in some order: the philosophical and pedagogic approach, the culturally critical approach, the sociological approach, scientific experience and practice. The authors treat the following subjects: leiure and ...

A critical analysis of the function of sport in society. According to the author sport aids the ideological dissimulation of contrasts and mirrors the situation in the worker's world. Sport is part of the system of repression that comes with capitalism. Sporting events are organized restraint,...

The first section of the paper explains the relationship between football and working class life. The next section examines the main post-war changes in the game, and is followed by a description of the hooligan: the sterotype and the reality. The final section takes a detailed look at skinheads,...

Simulated treading was applied at seven different frequencies to turves under two moisture regimes. An experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions, using a force of 90.6 kg over an area of 36 m2, this being equal to the pressure exerted by a man of the same weight while walking. The loads...