Author: E. F. KnightPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465586229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Falcon on the Baltic: A Coasting Voyage from Hammersmith to Copenhagen In a Three-ton Yacht
Author: E. F. KnightPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465586229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Sailing
Author: Edward Frederick KnightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sailing
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Sailing and Social Class
Author: Alan O'ConnorPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104001786X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport. The book examines the historical foundations of blue-water sailing as established by naval and colonial shipping, to trace the roots of contemporary sailing and yachting culture. It also examines archives of sailing narratives and cruising guides, as well as the children’s books of Arthur Ransome, arguing that this archival material offers a social rather than a psychological interpretation of the ‘bodily investment’ in sailing. The book uses Bourdieu’s concepts of ‘illusio’ – an investment of time, emotion and body into a worthwhile activity – and ‘habitus’, or lifeworld, alongside contemporary data sets, to examine the yacht club as a social institution, including why many boats never go out on the water, the relationship between yacht clubs and the state, and social issues as manifested in yacht clubs, such as sexism, racism and homophobia. Offering a vigorous sociological critique of yachting and sailing, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of leisure and sport, subcultures, social theory, or social issues in wider society.
Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton, D. D., Oxon and Cam., Sometime Bishop of London ...
Author: Louise CreightonJapanese Rule in Formosa
Author: Yosaburō TakekoshiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The History of England from the Accession of Georges III, to the Close of Pitt's First Administration (1760-1801)
Author: William HuntPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Japanese Rule in Formosa...
Author: Sansa TakekoshiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The History of England from the Norman Conques to the Death of John (1066-1216)
Author: George Burton AdamsThe Science of War
Author: George Francis Robert HendersonPublisher: London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Company
ISBN:
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Catalogue of Books Exclusive of Prose Fiction in the Central Lending Library
Author: Leeds (England). Public Libraries, Art Gallery and MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description