The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century (Paperback)

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The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century (Paperback)

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A monumental exploration of soccer and society in our time—by its preeminent historian.


The Age of Football proves that whether you call it football or soccer, you can’t make sense of the modern world without understanding its most popular sport. With breathtaking scope and an unparalleled knowledge of the game, David Goldblatt—author of the best-selling The Ball Is Round—charts soccer’s global cultural ascent, economic transformation, and deep politicization.



David Goldblatt is the author of three acclaimed books about soccer, including the international bestseller The Ball Is Round. His podcast, Game of Our Lives, has recently been nominated for a Webby Award. He teaches at Pitzer College in Los Angeles and lives in Bristol, England.
Product Details ISBN: 9780393541472
ISBN-10: 0393541479
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2021
Pages: 576
Language: English
Superb.… Goldblatt provides vignettes and beautifully crafted case studies, country by country, of contemporary politics and economics, told through, and around, the global game.
— TLS

Reading David Goldblatt, you don’t just understand football better. You understand the world a bit better, too. The breadth of his research is unmatched, and the writing is always a pleasure.
— Simon Kuper, best-selling coauthor of Soccernomics

Scintillating.
— Barney Ronay - Guardian

A globe-trotting magnum opus.
— Tobias Jones - Sunday Times

Essential reading not just for fans of the sport, but also for students of geopolitics.
— Kirkus (starred review)

Next time people tell you politics has no place in football, tell them to read David Goldblatt’s The Age of Football.

— Cas Mudde, University of Georgia

[Goldblatt] writes about soccer with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic.
— David Runciman - Wall Street Journal