The Ball is Round
A Global History of Soccer
by David Goldblatt
974 pages· 2008· ISBN 9781594482960
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Published to coincide with the World Cup preliminaries, a comprehensive overview of soccer around the world traces the history of the world's most popular sport from its earliest origins to the present day, looking at the game in terms of its political, cultural, and social roles in countries around the world. Original.
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