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The ball is round
David Goldblatt
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An edition of The ball is round (2006)

The ball is round

a global history of football

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The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, The Ball Is Round illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
977

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Subjects
Soccer players, Sports & Recreations, Nonfiction, Soccer, History, Soccer, history

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2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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2008, Penguin Group UK
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The ball is round: a global history of soccer
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 926-933) and index.

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London, New York, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.33409
Library of Congress
GV942.5 .G65 2006, GV942.5

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Pagination
xiv, 977 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
977

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OL16274894M
ISBN 10
0670914800
ISBN 13
9780670914807
LCCN
2007386640
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3536367
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323601

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