Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
by Campomar, Andreas
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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 personal Golazo! is the perfect book for new fans and diehard followers around the world.
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- Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
- Author
- Campomar, Andreas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 766
- ISBN 10
- 1594485860
- ISBN 13
- 9781594485862
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014-05-06
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