Soccer Madness: Brazil's Passion for the World's Most Popular Sport
"Janet Lever has given us a first-rate book." --Charles H. Page,Contemporary Sociology"Lever has given the reader a small book as well written as it is thoughtful; the role of sport in human society is deserving of more study, and this account is a happy example painted in the bright colors and sharp contrasts of Brazilian life." --Philip Morrison,Scientific American"Soccer Madness . . . is a fascinating study of people, culture, and politics-- with its ultimate insight being about us, tenants of the Sports Age. Soccer is coming . . . and fans, sports writers, and those who would be in the know about modern times ignore this book at their risk." --Rick Telander,Sports Illustrated