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  • Football, Nationality and the State

    by Vic Duke, Liz Crolley ...
    Football, Nationality and the State examines the complex and ever-changing relationship between football (its development and structure), nationality and the state. Divided into two parts the book first deals with the existence of more than one football nation within the same political state. Using international comparisons the authors argue that these divisions may result from football's early ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Football, Europe and the Press

    by Liz Crolley, David Hand ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Notions of the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the countries studied. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Football and European Identity

    Historical Narratives Through the Press

    by Liz Crolley, David Hand ...
    Shifting European identities, cultural loyalties and divisions are often expressed more directly through attitudes to 'the people's game' game than in any other arena.This book examines European football journalism from throughout the last century to present a unique cross-cultural analysis of changing European national and regional identities.Building on detailed research into original language ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    A Global History of Soccer

    by David Goldblatt ...
    The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final.In this ... Read more

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  • Football Culture

    Local Conflicts, Global Visions

    Edited by Gerry Finn, Richard Giulianotti ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    These essays provide a critical investigation of football cultures, examining local and national impacts of the game's new millennial order over five continents. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Long Distance Love

    A Passion for Football

    by Grant Farred ...
    Series series Sporting
    Grant Farred is a lifelong soccer fan. He has been rooting for one team -- Liverpool (England) Football Club -- since he was a child. Long Distance Love explains how "football" opened up the world to a young boy growing up disenfranchised in apartheid South Africa. For Farred, being a soccer fan enabled him to establish connections with events and people throughout history and from around the ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Culture, Politics and Sport

    Blowing the Whistle, Revisited

    by Garry Whannel ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it remains an inspiration to many' - Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University, USAGarry Whannel’s text Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport broke new ground when it was first published in 1983. Its polemical discussion brought sports as ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Soccer and Philosophy

    Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game

    by Ted Richards ...
    Series Book 51 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    This collection of incisive articles gives a leading team of international philosophers a free kick toward exploring the complex and often hidden contours of the world of soccer. What does it really mean to be a fan (and why should we count Aristotle as one)? Why do great players such as Cristiano Ronaldo count as great artists (up there alongside Picasso, one author argues)? From the ethics of ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • European Cultures in Sport

    by Arnd Kruger, James Riordan ...
    Sport occupies a key position in the cultural profile of a nation. This study forms a comparative guide to sport across Europe, in terms of its relative political and social status, its development, and the ways in which it has contributed to national achievement. Covering sport in ten major European states, each native contributor to the study presents: • a brief historical background: major ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Brazil

    Modern Architectures in History

    by Richard J. Williams ...
    Series series Modern Architectures in History
    Set against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty, Brazil’s striking Modernist architecture has long garnered international acclaim. But these well-known works are not fully reflective of the built environment of Brazil, and in this volume, Richard Williams unearths the surprisingly rich and influential architectural heritage of Brazil.Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present, ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

    War Minus the Shooting?

    Edited by Martin Hurcombe, Philip Dine ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    This volume of wide-ranging essays by sport historians and sociologists examines the complex relations of war, peace and sport through a series of case studies from South and North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia and New Zealand.From formal military training in the late nineteenth century to contemporary esports, the relationship between military and sporting cultures has endured across ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Tour De France, 1903-2003

    A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

    Edited by Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative ... Read more

    $70.99 USD