Age of Football
de: David Goldblatt
Publicat de: PAN MACMILLAN PAPERBACKS
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The epic exploration of football in the twenty-first century through the prism of sociology, politics, and economics, by David Goldblatt, the critically acclaimed author of The Ball is Round.'David Goldblatt is not merely the best football historian writing
today, he is possibly the best there has ever been' - Dominic Sandbrook,
Sunday TimesIn the twenty-first century football is first. First among sports
themselves, but it now commands the allegiance, interest and engagement
of more people in more places than any other phenomenon. In the three
most populous nations on the earth – China, India and the United States
where just twenty years ago football existed on the periphery of society
– it has now arrived for good. Nations, peoples and neighbourhoods
across the globe imagine and invent themselves through playing and
following the game.In The Age of Football, David Goldblatt charts football’s global
cultural ascent, its economic transformation and deep politicization,
taking in prison football in Uganda and amputee football in Angola, the
role of football fans in the Arab Spring, the footballing presidencies
of Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Turkey’s Recep Erdogan, China’s declared
intention to both host and win the World Cup by 2050, and the FIFA
corruption scandal.Following the intersection of the game with money, power and identity,
like no sports historian before, Goldblatt’s sweeping story is
remarkable in its scope, breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, and is a
brilliantly original perspective of the twenty-first century. It is the
account of how football has come to define every facet of our social,
economic and cultural lives and at what cost, shaping who we think we
are and who we want to be.
General | |
Autor | David Goldblatt |
Anul | 2020 |
Dimensiuni | H: 19.6cm | l: 13cm |
Editura | PAN MACMILLAN PAPERBACKS |
ISBN | 9781509854271 |
Limba | Engleza |
Pagini | 688 |
Format | Softcover |
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