Giving the Game Away

Giving the Game Away Football, Politics and Culture on Five Continents - Sport, Politics and Culture

Hardback (20 Apr 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780718516772
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Imprint: Leicester University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.334
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 210
Weight: 476g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm