Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520259289
ISBN13:9780520259287
Release Date:June 2010
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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