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  • Football Fandom in Europe and Latin America

    Culture, Politics, and Violence in the 21st Century

    Edited by Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda, Thomas Busset ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most ardent passions among its spectators. Curiously, an undertaking to compare on a large scale the forms extreme fandom takes in these two geographical areas is still lacking. A situational analysis of the scientific literature devoted to the subject over the last two or three decades ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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  • The Ball is Round

    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

    $13.99 USD

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  • Foreign Policy Decision Making Under The Geisel Government

    by Letícia Pinheiro ...
    Series series Coleção Política Externa Brasileira
    This thesis seeks to provide an explanation for the contents of three foreign policy decisions implemented under the government of General Ernesto Geisel (1974-1979). It does so by analyzing the decision-making process which led Brazil: 1) to abstain in the Meetings of Consultation of American Foreign Ministers for voting the lifting of sanctions against Cuba; 2) to restore diplomatic relations ... Read more

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  • Futebol Nation

    The Story of Brazil through Soccer

    by David Goldblatt ...
    No nation is as closely identified with the game of soccer as Brazil. For over a century, Brazil's people, politicians, and poets have found in soccer the finest expression of the nation's collective potential. Since the team's dazzling performance in 1938 at the World Cup in France, Brazilian soccer has been revered as an otherworldly blend of the effective and the aesthetic.Futebol Nation is an ... Read more

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  • 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

    $73.99 USD

  • European Planning History in the 20th Century

    A Continent of Urban Planning

    Edited by Max Welch Guerra, Abdellah Abarkan, María A. Castrillo Romón, Martin Pekár ...
    The history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning. Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning. Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence, through intense ... Read more

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  • Soccer Vs. The State 2nd Edition

    Tackling Football and Radical Politics

    by Gabriel Kuhn ...
    Football has turned into a multi-billion industry. Professionalism and commercialisation dominate its global image. Yet the game retains a rebellious side, maybe more so than any other sport co-opted by money makers and corrupt politicians. From its roots in working-class Britain to political protests by players and fans, and a current radical soccer underground, the notion of football as the ... Read more

    $7.29 USD

  • Cultural Policy

    by Toby Miller, George Yudice ...
    Hitherto, cultural theory and empirical work on culture have outstripped cultural policy. This book rectifies the peculiar imbalance in the field of Cultural Studies by offering the first comprehensive and international work on cultural policy. Fully alive to the challenges posed by globalization it addresses a wide range of central topics including cinema, television, museums, international ... Read more

    $113.39 USD

  • The World through Soccer

    The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport

    by Tamir Bar-On ...
    The world’s most popular sport, soccer is a global and cultural phenomenon. The television audience for the 2010 World Cup included nearly half of the world’s population, with viewers in nearly every country. As a reflection of soccer’s significance, the sport impacts countless aspects of the world’s culture, from politics and religion to business and the arts.In The World through Soccer: The ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

    Edited by Arturo Almandoz ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the postcolonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his contributors demonstrate how Europe and France in particular shaped their culture, architecture and planning until the United States began to play a part in the 1930s. The book provides a new per ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Globalization and Football

    by Richard Giulianotti, Roland Robertson ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    This timely book provides an engaging, clear view of the interrelationships within key globalization processes and the international sport of football.Intelligently combining the conceptual and methodological aspects of global studies with the specific cultural conditions of the ′beautiful game′ Giulianotti and Robertson illuminate its social history and diffusion, as well as wider cultural, ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Time Frames

    Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage

    Edited by Ugo Carughi, Massimo Visone ...
    Time Frames provides a reconnaissance on the conservation rules and current protection policies of more than 100 countries, with particular attention to the emerging nations and twentieth-century architecture. The contributions illustrate the critical issues related to architectural listings, with a brief history of national approaches, a linkography and a short bibliography. The book also ... Read more

    $68.99 USD