Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America Paperback - 2014
by Andreas Campomar
Summary
The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout historyin time for the 2014 World Cup.
Golazo!” means amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that soccer plays in Latin America.
Andreas Campomar offers readers the definitive history of Latin American soccer from the early, deadly Mesoamerican ballgames to the multi-billion dollar international business it is today. Golazo! explores the intersection of soccer, politics, economics, high and low culture, and how passion for a game captured a continent.
Latin American soccer will be in the global spotlight more than ever in the coming yearsboth the next World Cup (2014) and the Summer Olympics (2016) will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, a country for which soccer is not just a passion but a way of life. The triumphs, the heartbreaks, the origins and the future, the political and the personalGolazo! is the perfect book for new fans and diehard followers around the world.
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- Title Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
- Author Andreas Campomar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
- Date 2014-05-06
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781594485862 / 1594485860
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress subjects Soccer - Social aspects - Latin America, Soccer - Latin America - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014003789
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.334
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Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/2014, Page 17
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal, 06/01/2014, Page 112
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