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Futebol

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A passionate look at the history of the most popular sport - football - in the most romantic of countries - Brazil The Brazilian football team is one of the modern wonders of the world. At its best it exudes a skill, flamboyance and romantic pull like nothing else on earth. Football is how the world sees Brazil and how Brazilians see themselves. The game symbolises racial harmony, flamboyance, youth, innovation and skill, and yet football is also a microcosm of Latin America's largest country and contains all of its contradictions. Travelling extensively from the Uruguayan border to the…

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12 editions · 4 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Bloomsbury Publishing · 9781408807224
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Futebol: Soccer
    Bloomsbury USA · 416 pages · 9781582342870
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 432 pages · 9780747561798
  • Hardcover · English · 2002
    Futebol: Soccer
    Bloomsbury USA · 256 pages · 9781582342504
  • Hardcover · English · 2002
    Diane Pub Co · 407 pages · 9780756785031
  • Other · English · 2014
    Bloomsbury USA · 433 pages · 9781620402443
Social life and customsSports & RecreationsNonfictionSoccerHistoryFußballSociale aspectenManners and customs