Fútbol, Jews, and the making of Argentina
By: Raanan Rein ; translated by Martha Grenzeback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780804792004; 9780804793414
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social life and customs; Jews; Ethnic relations; Sports; Soccer teams; Club Atlético Atlanta (Soccer team); Soccer; Identity; History
Work titles: Bohemios de Villa Crespo
Notes: "A shorter, popularized version of this work was published in Spanish ... under the title Los bohemios de Villa Crespo: judíos y fútbol en la Argentina (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2012)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From gringos to criollos : the city and the Jews; title: The cradle of tango and football : Villa Crespo and the essence of Buenos Aires; title: "The wandering Jew" : Atlanta in search of a playing field; title: Villa Crespo : the promised land; title: In the shadow of Peronism; title: The rise and fall of a neighborhood caudillo; title: Victories, fans, and fight songs.