Rediscovering soccer's long history in the U.S. Across North
America, native peoples and colonists alike played a variety of
kicking games long before soccer's emergence in the late 1800s.
Brian D. Bunk examines the development and social impact of these
sports through the rise of professional soccer after World War I.
As he shows, the various games called football gave women an outlet
as athletes and encouraged men to form social bonds based on
educational experience, occupation, ethnic identity, or military
service. Football also followed young people to college as higher
education expanded in the nineteenth century. University play,
along with the arrival of immigrants from the British Isles, helped
spark the creation of organized soccer in the United States—and
the beautiful game's transformation into a truly international
sport. A multilayered look at one game’s place in American life,
From Football to Soccer refutes the notion of the U.S. as a land
outside of football history.
General
Imprint: |
University of Illinois Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Sport and Society |
Release date: |
July 2021 |
Authors: |
Brian D. Bunk
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
312 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-252-08587-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-252-08587-6 |
Barcode: |
9780252085871 |
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