Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America by Campomar, Andreas

Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594485862)

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Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America by Campomar, Andreas

Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America

$16.00
Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America by Campomar, Andreas

Golazo!: The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.

"Golazo " means "amazing goal " And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that soccer plays in Latin America.

Andreas Campomar offers readers the definitive history of Latin American soccer from the early, deadly Mesoamerican ballgames to the multi-billion dollar international business it is today. Golazo explores the intersection of soccer, politics, economics, high and low culture, and how passion for a game captured a continent.

The triumphs, the heartbreaks, the origins and the future, the political and the personal--Golazo is the perfect book for new fans and diehard followers around the world.



Author: Andreas Campomar
ISBN-10: 1594485860
ISBN-13: 9781594485862
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Language: English
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 112
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 17
By Andreas Campomar
By Andreas Campomar
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Andreas Campomar was educated at Cambridge University, where he studied Modern History. He is currently Publishing Director at Constable & Robinson in the United Kingdom. He reviews for The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement, and many others. He is the son of a Uruguayan diplomat and a descendant of Dr. Enrique Buero, the man who brought the first World Cup in Montevideo and later became vice president of FIFA. He lives in London.

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