Country of Football Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil

"In time for Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup, this book uses the stories of star players and other key figures (based on over 40 interviews) to create a contemporary history of Brazilian soccer from the 1950s to the present. It also explores race and class tensions in Brazil and shows how soccer is central to the country's dramatic trajectory toward modernity and economic power"--

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roger Kittleson, Kittleson Roger
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.06.2014
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie
• EAN: 9780520279087
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27908-7
• Anzahl Seiten: 344
• Serie: Sport in World History > 02; Sport in World History > 2
• Themen: Brazil, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Sociology: sport & leisure, Regional Studies, Sociology: sport and leisure, Regional / International studies, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects