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This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.

When this book was first published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure activities to a more central position within the sociological enterprise. Whether amateur or professional, sport contributes to wider relations of power, privilege and domination and this debate represents an important phase in the sociology of sport a...

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Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1917, Vol. 33Then there are the Poles. Of course, a kingdom of Poland has been founded under German protection 3 but that kingdom does not reverse the old division of Poland which was brought about by Frederick the Great, by Frederick the Second of Prussia, more than a hundred years. Ago. As far as I can gather there is no suggestion that in the German kingdom of Poland either Galicia from Austr...

Excerpt from Concerning a Full Understanding of the Southern Attitude Toward SlaveryDuring my recent tour for the purpose of exciting the minds of the people by a series of discourses on the subject of slavery, every place that I visited gave fresh evidence that a greater revolution was to be effected in the free States - and particularly in New England - than at the South. Ifound contempt more bitter, Opposition more active, detraction more r...

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This volume offers a distinctive and timely comparative analysis of the sociological, economic, and political significance of bids for, and the hosting of, sports mega-events throughout the world. A collection by leading international scholars examining sports mega-events, such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

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The football World Cup is unquestionably the biggest sporting event in the world. This fascinating collection of papers examines the background to the 2002 World Cup Finals, held in Korea and Japan, and explores the event's profound social, cultural, political and economic significance. The book offers important insight into topics such as: * the development of professional football in Korea and Japan* the political and diplomatic significan...

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A professional guide for any sales professional looking to build a referral based business.

The football World Cup is unquestionably the biggest sporting event in the world. This fascinating collection of papers examines the background to the 2002 World Cup Finals, held in Korea and Japan, and explores the event's profound social, cultural, political and economic significance. The book offers important insight into topics such as: * the development of professional football in Korea and Japan* the political and diplomatic significan...

Comparative essays on the political and cultural 'mobilization' of populations during the First World War.