{"product_id":"sports-in-south-america-matthew-brown-9780300247527","title":"Sports in South America: A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports in South America\u003c\/i\u003e follows the transformation of sporting cultures in South America leading up to Uruguay's hosting of the first FIFA Men's World Cup in 1930. Matthew Brown shows how South American soccer culture, envied worldwide, sprang out of societies that were already playing and watching games well before British sportsmen arrived to teach \"the beautiful game.\" These vibrant and distinct sporting traditions, including cycling, boxing, cockfighting, bullfighting, cricket, baseball, and horse racing, were marked by South American societies' Indigenous and colonial pasts and by their leaders' desire to participate in what they saw as a global movement toward human progress. Drawing on a wealth of original archival research, Brown debunks legends, highlights the stories of forgotten sportswomen and Indigenous sports, and unpacks the social and cultural connections within South America and with the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300247524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300247527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.14w x 1.02d","brand":"Matthew Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070637175039,"sku":"9780300247527","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82443875-000e-4bad-a44b-2d7fcbaf7ee5.jpg?v=1685431481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sports-in-south-america-matthew-brown-9780300247527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}