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Soccer Empire : the World Cup and the Future of France. Cover Image

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Soccer Empire : the World Cup and the Future of France

Dubois, Laurent 1971- (Author).

Summary: When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In Soccer Empire, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by tracing the story of World Cup soccer, from the Cup's French origins in the 1930s to Africa and the Caribbean and back again. As he vividly recounts the lives of two of soccer's most electrifying players, Z.

Record details

ISBN: 6612763884
ISBN: 9786612763885
ISBN: 9781282763883
ISBN: 1282763881
ISBN: 0520269780
ISBN: 9780520269781
ISBN: 0520259289
ISBN: 9780520259287
ISBN: 0520945743
ISBN: 9780520945746
Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 pages)
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-312) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: Scoring Spirits; Introduction: The Language of Happiness; 1 A Beautiful Harvest; 2 Caribbean France; 3 Crossings; 4 Roots; 5 Two Goals; 6 Two Flags; 7 La France Métissée; 8 An Unfinished War; 9 Reconciliation; 10 Burn; 11 Coup de Boule; Epilogue: Returns; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.