The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer (Paperback)
Amazon.com ReviewThe definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer’s rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world’s most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, The Ball Is Round illuminates soccer’s role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses (more…)
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A Soccer Ball-Shaped World
Going Native in Catalonia
The Ball Is Round is an absolutely brilliant book. It’s nearly 1,000 pages long and tells the whole story.
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The Ball is Round
Very good book. If your interested in football (i.e. soccer) this covers everything. There are some slow parts but not that many and that could be attributed to not growing up…