Title
Golazo! : the beautiful game from the Aztecs to the World Cup : the complete history of how soccer shaped Latin America / Andreas Campomar.
Edition
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
ISBN
9781594485862 Riverhead trade paperback
1594485860 Riverhead trade paperback
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xii, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Call Number
GV944.L3 C35 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.334098
Summary
"The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history-in 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 years-both 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 personal-Golazo! is the perfect book for new fans and diehard followers around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Como el Uruguay no hay (There's no place like Uruguay)
Cortés and the bouncing ball ; PART ONE: THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS, 1800-1950. 1. Not quite cricket, 1800-1900
2. Battles of the River Plate, 1900-1920
3. The return of the natives, 1920-1930
4. Champions of the world, 1930-1940
5. In splendid isolation, 1940-1950 ; PART TWO: THE BALL NEVER TIRES, 1950-2014. 6. Whom the gods wish to destroy, 1950-1960
7. The light and the dark, 1960-1970
8. Prisoners on the terraces, 1970-1980
9. Deus Ex Machina, 1980-1994
10. La Pelota Nunca Se Cansa, 1994.
