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Futebol nation : the story of Brazil through soccer / David Goldblatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldblatt, David, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soccer--Brazil--History.
- Soccer.
- Soccer players.
- History.
- Brazil.
- Soccer players--Brazil--History.
- Brazil--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nation Books, 2014.
- Contents:
- The curious rise of the futebol nation
- Champagne football : the game of the Belle Époque, 1889-1922
- Modern times? Football and the death of the old republic, 1922-1932
- Brasilidade : football and the new order, 1932-1950
- Brasília and the ball : inventing the beautiful game, 1950-1964
- Playing the hard line : football under the dictatorship, 1964-1986
- Magic and dreams are dead : pragmatism, politics and football, 1986-2002
- Futebol nation redux : the game in Lula's Brazil, 2002-2013
- Copa das Manifestações : civil war in the futebol nation, 2013-2014.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1568584679
- 9781568584676
- OCLC:
- 865063770
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