The Field(1st Edition) Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-28227-7, ISBN: 0-415-28227-6
"2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge. In this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of s ..."
The Field(1st Edition) Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-28228-4, ISBN: 0-415-28228-4
"2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge. In this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of s ..."
"The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports provides the first international survey of extreme sports, which include a wide variety of physical pursuits and activities such as bungee jumping, dirt biking, sky surfing, and rock climbing: individualist, adventure-type sports rather than traditional team sports. "Extreme" also refers to the antisocial attitudes and uncompromising values associated with these new sports, attitudes and valu ..."
The Field Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth 352 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-45938-4, ISBN: 1-134-45938-6
"Harris's narrative, particularly in the way that he evokes sports, suggests that
beneath the surface, Native Americans and African Americans shared common
interests at a particular moment of danger in relation to racial politics. Bloom finds
further support for his argument in Harris' decision to stay at Hampton after the
federal government, fearful of, in Harris' words, 'Indians ... intermarry[ing] ...
Negroes', refused to financi ..."
The Field Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth 352 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-45937-7, ISBN: 1-134-45937-8
"Ian Harriss also addresses the issueof postmodern superficiality inhis analysisof
oneday cricket, although this tooraises issues. According to Harriss,
onedaycricket exhibits several unique characteristics. Among them are the
negation of individual strategies, particularlythose pertaining to batting (the
oneday version confines batters''portfolio of strokes' as thegame draws to its
maximum fiftyovers),and a technological infrastruc ..."
The Field Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth 352 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-203-09997-1, ISBN: 0-203-09997-4
"Hamilton, Carolyn, '“Living by Fluidity”: Oral Histories, Material Custodies and the Politics of Archiving', in Carolyn Hamilton, ... Harris, Verne, 'A Shaft of Darkness: Derrida in the Archive', in Carolyn Hamilton, Verne Harris, Jane Taylor, Michele ..."
The Field Truth and Fiction in Sport History by DouglasBooth Published 2005 ISBN-13: 978-1-281-15828-4, ISBN: 1-281-15828-3
"Land trusts are a new and growing phenomenon and are not yet much studied by academics. This book provides an entry point into the world of land trusts and biodiversity for anyone (i) doing academic work in the conservation sciences, (ii) taking their first job with a land trust and in need of an overview of the topic, or (iii) who has a general interest in land conservation and the protection of biological resources. The book sets out ..."
Hooked on Growth(1st Edition) Economic Addictions and the Environment by Douglas E. Booth Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2004 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-2718-8, ISBN: 0-7425-2718-2
The Environmental Consequences of Growth Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline by DouglasBooth Ebook, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-70017-2, ISBN: 1-134-70017-2
"Nonetheless, surprisingly little has been said by economists about the
macroeconomics of modern environmental problems. Although such problems
are seen by most economists as fundamentally microeconomic, there are
dissenters, ..."
The Environmental Consequences of Growth Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline by DouglasBooth Ebook, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-70018-9, ISBN: 1-134-70018-0
"The opportunity to experience the true prairie landscape with its full complement
of species has been lost. Similarly, the true prairie ecosystem with its full
complement of species and all their interactions has been lost. An ecosystem
fragment is ..."