{"product_id":"from-football-to-soccer-brian-d-bunk-9780252085871","title":"From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eRediscovering soccer's long history in the U.S.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eA multilayered look at one game's place in American life, \u003ci\u003eFrom Football to Soccer\u003c\/i\u003e refutes the notion of the U.S. as a land outside of football history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian D. Bunk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252085876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252085871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022","brand":"Brian D. Bunk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044680888575,"sku":"9780252085871","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8dba5dd-3b47-40a9-bb7a-47dc233310df.jpg?v=1684974258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-football-to-soccer-brian-d-bunk-9780252085871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}