The country of football : soccer and the making of modern Brazil / Roger Kittleson.

Kittleson, Roger Alan.
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
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1. A National Game: Futebol Made Popular, Professional, and Afro-Brazilian — 2. When It was Good to be Brazilian: Tropical Modernity Affirmed, 1958-70 — 3. Playing Modern: Efficiency over Art, 1971-80 — 4. Risky Beauty: Art and the Opening of Brazil in the 1980s — 5. The Business of Winning: Brand Brazil and the New Globalism, 1990-2010 — Conclusion: Mega-Brazil.
In time for Brazil’s hosting of the 2014 World Cup, this book uses the stories of star players and other key figures (based on over 40 interviews) to create a contemporary history of Brazilian soccer from the 1950s to the present. It also explores race and class tensions in Brazil and shows how soccer is central to the country’s dramatic trajectory toward modernity and economic power — Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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