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The Postmodern Adventure

Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium

By Steven Best, Douglas Kellner

This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23963-9 (Routledge)

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Ordinary Consumption

Edited by Jukka Groncow, Alan Warde

The sociology of consumption has concentrated unduly on the more spectacular and visual aspects of contemporary consumer behaviour, thereby constructing an unbalanced and misleading view.…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27037-3 (Routledge)

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Spoilsports

Understanding and Preventing Sexual Exploitation in Sport

By Celia Brackenridge

Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-419-25780-6 (Routledge)

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Cosmopolitan Geographies

New Locations in Literature and Culture

Edited by Vinay Dharwadker

This book highlights the best new interdisciplinary research on the theory and practice of cosmopolitanism, with a special focus on the cosmopolitan literatures of Europe,…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92507-5 (Routledge)

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Early Modern Capitalism

Economic and Social Change in Europe 1400-1800

Edited by Maarten Prak

This volume takes stock of recent research on economic growth, as well as the development of capital and labour markets, during the centuries that preceded…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21714-9 (Routledge)

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Feminism and Youth Culture

Second Edition

By Angela McRobbie

Feminism and Youth Culture brings together eight separate essays written by Angela McRobbie (Zoot Suits and Second-Hand Dresses, 1989) over a period of over ten…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92755-0 (Routledge)

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Football Culture

Local Conflicts, Global Visions

Edited by Gerry Finn, Richard GiulianottiJ A. ManganBoria Majumdar

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8100-9 (Routledge)

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The Future of Football

Challenges for the Twenty-first Century

Edited by Jon Garland, Dominic Malcolm, Mike RoweJ A. ManganBoria Majumdar

World football has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. On the field, the richest European clubs have retained their pre-eminence, but with multinational playing…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8117-7 (Routledge)

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Sex For Sale

Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry

Edited by Ron Weitzer

A major contribution to our understanding of the sex industry, Sex for Sale is a collection of original essays on sex work, its risks, and…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92295-1 (Routledge)

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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

A Social and Economic History

By Mike Huggins

2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year

This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8045-3 (Routledge)

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