Futebol nation
Subtitle: the story of Brazil through soccer
By: David Goldblatt
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781568584676
Subjects: Social life and customs; Soccer; Soccer players; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: The curious rise of the futebol nation --; title: Champagne football : the game of the Belle Époque, 1889-1922 --; title: Modern times? Football and the death of the old republic, 1922-1932 --; title: Brasilidade : football and the new order, 1932-1950 --; title: Brasília and the ball : inventing the beautiful game, 1950-1964 --; title: Playing the hard line : football under the dictatorship, 1964-1986 --; title: Magic and dreams are dead : pragmatism, politics and football, 1986-2002 --; title: Futebol nation redux : the game in Lula's Brazil, 2002-2013 --; title: Copa das Manifestações : civil war in the futebol nation, 2013-2014.