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Sport in society.
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ISBN: 0296347205 Year: 1968 Publisher: London Watts

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The sociology of leisure
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ISBN: 004301075X 0043010768 Year: 1976 Volume: 9 Publisher: London


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Work and leisure: an inter-disciplinary study in theory, education and planning
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ISBN: 0860190099 Year: 1975 Publisher: London


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Barbarians, gentlemen and players : a sociological study of the development of rugby football
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ISBN: 0855201681 Year: 1979 Publisher: Oxford Robertson


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School, sport and leisure : three dimensions of adolescence
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ISBN: 0860190374 Year: 1978 Publisher: London Lepus Books

The commercialisation of sport
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ISBN: 1135764352 1280167866 0203494261 9780203494264 1351859099 9781351859097 0714650218 9780714650210 0714680788 9780714680781 9781135764357 9781280167867 9781135764302 9781135764340 1135764344 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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What does commercialisation mean for the future of sport?Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of businesses, while sponsors' logos appear on athletes' clothing and equipment, on the facilities in which they play, and in the titles of the events in which they compete. Media companies pay vast sums for the rights to broadcast sports events, and advertisers pay a premium to promote products during the screening of these events. Cities invest, at the expense of other social projects, in the staging of major sports events and to attract professi


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Archery and crossbow guilds in medieval Flanders, 1300-1500
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ISBN: 9781783271047 1783271043 9781783273038 9781783273058 1783273054 9781782046530 1782046534 Year: 2016 Publisher: Woodbridge The Boydell Press

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The notion of "guilds" in civic society might conjure images of craft guilds, the organisations of butchers, bakers or brewers set up to regulate working practises. In the towns of medieval Flanders, however, a plethora of guilds existed which had little or nothing to do with the organisation of labour, including chambers of rhetoric, urban jousters and archery and crossbow guilds.This is the first full-length study of the archery and crossbow guilds, encompassing not only the great urban centres of Ghent, Bruges and Lille but also numerous smaller towns, whose participation in guild culture was nonetheless significant. It examines guild membership, structure and organisation, revealing the diversity of guild brothers - and sisters - and bringing to life the elaborate social occasions when princes and plumbers would dine together. The most spectacular of these were the elaborate regional shooting competitions, whose entrances alone included play wagons, light shows and even an elephant! It also considers their social and cultural activities, and their important role in strengthening and rebuilding regional networks. Overall, it provides a new perspective on the strength of community within Flemish towns and the values that underlay medieval urban ideology.

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