Books by John Bale

This book on running and its textual and visual representations challenges traditional views about sporting phenomena, by introducing the work of Yi-Fu Tuan, a key humanistic geographer.

Reviews the exiting pro- and anti-sport discourses and examines the written works of Lewis Carroll, Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jerome K Jerome, John Betjeman and Alan Sillitoe. It is intended for readers from both social sciences and humanities backgrounds.

Offers a critical account of the life of sporting legend Roger Bannister, presenting a revisionist history of his life and his famous achievement and assessing his status as a 'hero' and 'champion'.

This well-illustrated book is the first to explore the stadium as the principal container of the modern urban crowd and a place where thousands of people gather to take part in what often appears to be modern 'religious' rituals.

This book seeks to answer how significant Kenya is in the world of sports, and many other questions.