Futebol Nation

A Footballing History of Brazil

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David Goldblatt

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The greatest footballing country, as recorded by the greatest football writer today No nation has so closely aligned its national identity with playing and watching football as Brazil. Football is regarded as a thing of joy, its yellow shirts a delightful amalgam of sport and art, entwined with its cultures of music and religion. This is true, but there is another side to the story too. Brazil may now be the sixth largest economy in the world but the corruption of its football authorities is characteristic of its society as a whole. To write the history of Brazilian football is to write the history of Brazil itself. This is the whole story - the players, the fans, the politicians, the passion - from the arrival of football in the country in 1894 just after the last Emperor had been deposed to the social unrest and riots at the Confederations Cup in 2013.

Author Biography:

David Goldblatt was born in London in 1965 and is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspurs and Bristol Rovers. He teaches sociology at Bristol University, reviews sports books for the TLS, and for some years wrote the Sporting Life column in Prospect magazine.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 2014

Author

David Goldblatt

Pages

320

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

12 photographs

Dimensions

129x198x23

ISBN-13

9780241969779

Product ID

21779139

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