HIST 311 Soccer!: The Global History of Sport and Politics: Book and Ebook Resources

Rediscovering soccer's long history in the U.S.

Although the popular history of Brazilian football narrates a story of progress toward democracy and inclusion, it does not match the actual historical record.

Brazil has done much to shape football/soccer, but how has soccer shaped Brazil?

Two leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future.

From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment.

Written by the medical coordinator for Major League Soccer, a nationally recognized physical therapist who treats athletes of all ages and abilities, Soccer Injury Prevention and Treatment is a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the best training, strengthening, stretching, nutrition, and hydration regimens to keep athletes Ò both professional and recreational - safe and on the field.

Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's dark side: the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects of the sport.

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber's ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories.

In the heart of the twentieth century, the game of soccer was becoming firmly established as the sport of the masses across Europe, even as war was engulfing the continent.

Growing up in Belgium, soccer was Jean-Philippe Touissant's life, a passion not shared by his bookish family. Now an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and filmmaker, he reflects upon his lifelong love for the game with an intellectual's keen mind and a sports fan's heart.

Although we now have sophisticated algorithms and techniques for determining the shapes and sizes and for matching the fit between shoes and feet, few, if any, of the books currently available cover these new technologies until now.

An intimate view of football, this title not only represents a chronological record of the whole football experience, but also brings together all the strands of the game by providing a visual gallery of players, coaches, fans, grounds, personalities, media and politics - not to mention socio-cultural issues. The chapters are divided into key subjects, each representing a distinctive element of the sport, from the football strip to the effect of the media. The book explores how football has changed and developed, including personalities who contributed to the profile of the industry.

A celebration of the world of women's soccer, featuring more than one hundred illustrations, introduces, through a series of articles, the teams and the stars of this increasingly popular sport. 35,000 first printing.