This book examines sport in Britain since 1945 and examines its place in British culture. It is argued that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. This new edition expands the range of sports covered. As well as...

This latest volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published by Wiley in partnership with the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee, Sports Nutrition covers this field in unparalleled depth and breadth, from the scientific underpinnings of nutritional science...

This book examines the 20th century history of the ten most popular sports in Britain. It also tries to cover developments in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. The book provides the origin, the power structure, the relationship between the participatory mass and the eminent, and the role of...

This book is intended as a comprehensive technical reference work for those responsible for the design, construction, renovation or maintenance of sports grounds, in North America or in places with similar geography throughout the world. The 27 chapters are grouped in 5 sections. Part 1 covers the...

This volume contends that as sport evolved from pure play to performance to entertainment, the places where sport took place evolved as well, becoming more complex whilst adding more elements with which a spectator or participant could interact. However, at the same, such innovations as the...

Assuming a basic grasp of microeconomic principles, this book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the economics of sport. Topics covered include: club and league objectives in North America and Europe (profit versus utility maximization); the demand for and pricing of tickets...

This book is divided into 3 sections on the relationships between techniques and sport (including sport development in East Germany), sports equipment (including safety aspects), and sports facilities (including planning of sports facilities in Germany). The CD-ROM provides information on sport...

Football economics and policy This book examines the application of economic analysis to soccer. The book consists of 11 chapters. Chapter 1 examines the financial performance of English League clubs from 1974-89. Chapter 2 discusses the financial impact of employment contracts of football players...

This is the second volume of a trilogy on the evolution of sport in the UK. It covers the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With its emphasis more on adults than adolescents and more on privilege and its defence than morality and its diffusion, mature years are given precedence over formative...

The book presents a history of intercollegiate athletics, which began in the USA with two eastern institutions, Harvard and Yale. It is organized both around the four major sports in the first half-century of intercollegiate athletics and around specific topics which influenced all the college ...