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The Ball Is Round : a Global History of Football by Goldblatt, David is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ball Is Round : a Global History of Football about?
**The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition.** 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 final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, __The Ball Is Round__ illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself.
Who reads The Ball Is Round : a Global History of Football?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Goldblatt, David
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Riverhead Books
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781594482960
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (360 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14