| Edition |
First Riverhead trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 974 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Foreword to American edition c2008 by David Goldblatt" -- T.p. verso. |
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"Previously published in Great Britain by Viking Penguin: 2006" -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 908-929) and index. |
| Summary |
Traces the history of the world's most popular sport from its earliest origins to the present day, looking at the game in terms of its political, cultural, and social roles in countries around the world. |
| Contents |
1. Chasing shadows : the prehistory of football -- 2. The simplest game : Britain and the invention of modern football -- 3. An altogether more splendid life : industrial football and working-class Britain, 1888-1914 -- 4. Perfidious Albion : the resistible rise of global football -- 5. The great game and the informal empire : the international spread of football, 1870-1914 -- 6. Pay up, pay up and play the game : the commercialization of global football, 1914-1934 -- 7. The rules of the game : international football and international politics, 1900-1934 -- 8. The road to El Dorado : Latin American football, 1935-1954 -- 9. Games of life, games of death : European football in war and peace, 1934-1954 -- 10. Demons and angels : Latin American football, 1955-1974 -- 11. The glamour and the glory : high industrial football in Europe, 1955-1974 -- 12. We can show them who is really superior : football in Africa, 1900-1974 -- 13. The world turned upside down : João Havelange, FIFA and the transformation of global football -- 14. If this is football, let it die : the European crisis, 1974-1990 -- 15. Military manoeuvres : football under the Latin American generals, 1974-1990 -- 16. Football and the belly : Africa, 1974-1990 -- 17. Football through the looking-glass : Europe, 1990-2006 -- 18. The crisis will be televised : football in the Americas, 1900-2006 -- 19. Accelerated development : football and Asia's new industrial revolution -- 20. Small mercies : football in Africa after the Cold War, 1990-2006. |
| Subject |
Soccer -- History.
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Soccer players -- History.
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| Added Title |
Global history of soccer |
| ISBN |
9781594482960 |
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1594482969 |
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