Rezension
"Poulson explores interesting, timely, and relevant questions about the nature of, and reasons for, participation in the sports of mountain-bike racing and triathlon in this engaging, persuasive, and extensively researched book." - Belinda Wheaton (University of Waikato, New Zealand) "This inventive treatment of the sociology of sport will interest outdoor enthusiasts as well as scholars ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; general readers." (Choice) "Poulson presents a comprehensive, thoughtful and well-researched critique of the emergence and transformation of lifestyle sports in the twenty-first century. His discussion of the rationales and motivations for engaging in such arduous physical activities is framed within the context of current theoretical discussions in the sociology of sport." (Contemporary Sociology) "Stephen Poulson has written a persuasive and extensively researched book about lifestyle sport using mountain biking and triathlon as his main examples." (International Sociology Reviews) "Poulson explores interesting, timely, and relevant questions about the nature of, and reasons for, participation in the sports of mountain-bike racing and triathlon in this engaging, persuasive, and extensively researched book." - Belinda Wheaton (University of Waikato, New Zealand) "This inventive treatment of the sociology of sport will interest outdoor enthusiasts as well as scholars ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; general readers." (Choice) "Poulson presents a comprehensive, thoughtful and well-researched critique of the emergence and transformation of lifestyle sports in the twenty-first century. His discussion of the rationales and motivations for engaging in such arduous physical activities is framed within the context of current theoretical discussions in the sociology of sport." (Contemporary Sociology) "Stephen Poulson has written a persuasive and extensively researched book about lifestyle sport using mountain biking and triathlon as his main examples." (International Sociology Reviews)
