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E-book
Author Bolsmann, Chris

Title English Gentlemen and World Soccer : Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (165 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser
Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'A scratch team with gentlemanly instincts': The Corinthians and English soccer in the late nineteenth century; 2 Decline and fall: The Corinthians in the twentieth century; 3 'Missionaries of Empire': The Corinthians on tour in South Africa; 4 Communing with continental amateurism: Corinthians in Europe, c. 1904-39; 5 'Joy the Corinthians are coming!' The Corinthian Football Club on tour in Canada and the United States
6 Noblesse Oblige and the Corinthian sojourns in Rio de Janeiro and São PauloConclusion; Bibliography; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Corinthian Football Club -- History
History, Modern -- 18th century.
History, Modern -- 19th century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Social history.
Civilization -- History.
Imperialism.
social history.
Civilization
History, Modern
Imperialism
Social history
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Porter, Dilwyn
ISBN 9781317143079
1317143078