Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America |
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| Authors: | Campomar, Andreas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | SPO040000, SPO019000, HIS024000 |
| ISBN: | 9780698152533, Related ISBNs: 0698152530, 1594485860, 9780698152533, 9781594485862 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 496, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
“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.
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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