Country of Football
Politics, Popular Culture and the Beautiful Game in Brazil
Our rough guess is there are 68,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 4 hours and 34 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 9 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Publication
2014 - Oxford University Press
Language
English
Word Count
68,500 words, Guess
Page Count
274 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28794374M
- ISBN-139781849044172
- OCLC Control Number881509115
- OCLC Control Number958580096
- Internet Archiveisbn_2901849044171
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2012276760
Classifications
- LCCGV943.9.S64
- LCCGV944.B6 C68 2014
Description
Brazil has done much to shape football/soccer, but how has soccer shaped Brazil? Despite the political and social importance of the beautiful game to the country, the subject has hitherto received little attention. This book presents groundbreaking work by historians and researchers from Brazil, the United States, Britain and France, who examine the political significance, in the broadest sense, of the sport in which Brazil has long been a world leader. The authors consider questions such as the relationship between soccer, the workplace and working class culture; the formation of Brazilian na.
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!