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The greening of golf : sport, globalization and the environment / Brad Millington and Brian Wilson

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Millington, Brad
Published
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xvii, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Wilson, Brian, 1969-

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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction and tools for seeing golf sociologically -- 1.Introduction: approaching golf and environmental issues -- 2.Light green to dark green: how to make sense of responses to environmental problems -- pt. II Background and history -- 3.Waging a war on pests: golf comes to America -- 4.Golf in consumer culture and the making of Augusta National syndrome -- pt. III The light-greening of golf -- 5.The turn to responsible golf and the roots of golf's light-green movement -- 6.Environmentalism incorporated: professionalization and post-politics in the time of responsible golf -- 7.Light-green regulation? Environmental managerialism and golf's conspicuous exemption -- pt. IV The dark-greening of golf -- 8.Anti-golfers across the world unite! Global and local forms of resistance to golf course development -- 9.Organic golf `on the fringe': the potential and challenges of a chemical-free golf alternative -- pt. V Conclusion -- 10.Reflections, recommendations, and minor utopian visions for a game we love.
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9781784993276 (hardback)
1784993271 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
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