Giving the Game Away: Football, Politics and Culture on Five Continents (Sport, Politics and Culture) [Hardcover]

Stephen Wagg (Editor)

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Series: Sport, Politics and Culture | Publication Date: July 1995

Association Football is one of the relatively few common global mass cultural pursuits. This volume, published to coincide with the 1994 World Cup, traces the history, social context and national/nationalist role of football in the culture and mass media of countries across the globe, ranging from Europe, the USA and Canada to Asia and the Pacific.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Leicester Univ Pr (July 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 071851677X
ISBN-13: 978-0718516772
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,315,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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