This is a definitive history of global football.

The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup fi...(展开全部)

The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup fi...(展开全部)

作者簡介 大衛．哥德布拉特 一九六五年生於倫敦，很倒楣地從父親那裡繼承了對熱刺隊（Tottenham Hotspur）的忠誠。現居布里斯托，這是英格蘭一個足球實力離奇消失的地方，對熱刺隊的愛也擴及布里斯托流浪者隊（Bristol Rovers）和布里斯托城隊（Bristol City），如今對幾支球隊的愛不分上下。 哥德布拉特是知名的運動記者、廣播主持人、運動社會學家、大學講師與專欄記者。他為 BBC 廣播製作足球紀錄節目，也是《衛報》、《觀察家報》、《泰晤士報文學增刊》、《金融時報》、《新左派評論》、《新政治家》、《展望》等報章雜誌的專欄記者，擔任《世界足球年鑑》（World Football Yearbook）的編輯，並在布里斯托大學（University of Bristol）、德蒙福特大學運動史與運動文化跨國研究中心（Internationa...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. 'Calcio' tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890's to the present day. It takes us through a h...(展开全部)

The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. 'Calcio' tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890's to the present day. It takes us through a h...(展开全部)