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The World´s Game: A HISTORY OF SOCCER
Bill Murray
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Description for The World´s Game: A HISTORY OF SOCCER
Paperback. Traces the growth of what during pre-industrial times was called "the simplest game" through its codification in the nineteenth century to the 1994 World Cup. This title weaves the sport's growth into the culture and politics of the countries where it has been taken up. Series: Illinois History of Sports. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
The well-known Australian sports historian Bill Murray shows in this readable history how soccer has become the world's most popular sport.
The well-known Australian sports historian Bill Murray shows in this readable history how soccer has become the world's most popular sport.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Illinois History of Sports
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252067181
SKU
V9780252067181
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Ref
99-1
About Bill Murray
Bill Murray, senior lecturer in history at La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, is a well-known sports historian who has published widely in sport and politics in the 1930s and on the Olympic Games. His books include The Old Firm: Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland and Glasgow's Giants: 100 Years of the Old Firm.
Reviews for The World´s Game: A HISTORY OF SOCCER
"A landmark work on the sport of soccer."
John Haydon, The Washington Times "Witty and passionate, scholarly and literate... Unhesitatingly, I would classify The World's Game as the most satisfying book on football that has ever come to my attention."
J. Neville Turner, Bulletin of the Australian Society for Sport History "Well researched ... readable, factual and informative." ... Read more
John Haydon, The Washington Times "Witty and passionate, scholarly and literate... Unhesitatingly, I would classify The World's Game as the most satisfying book on football that has ever come to my attention."
J. Neville Turner, Bulletin of the Australian Society for Sport History "Well researched ... readable, factual and informative." ... Read more