The game of our lives : the English Premier League and the making of modern Britain /
"Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular culture, from an economic mess to a booming entertainment industry that has conquered the world. The changes in the game, David Goldblatt shows, uncannily mirror the evolution of B...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bold Type Books,
[2015]
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| Summary: | "Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular culture, from an economic mess to a booming entertainment industry that has conquered the world. The changes in the game, David Goldblatt shows, uncannily mirror the evolution of British society. From the goals, to the players, to the managers, to the money, Goldblatt describes how the English Premier League (EPL) was forged in Margaret Thatcher's Britain by an alliance of the big clubs--Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur--the Football Association, and Rupert Murdoch's Sky TV. Goldblatt argues that no social phenomenon traces the momentous economic, social, and political changes of post-Thatcherite Britain in a more illuminating manner than soccer, and The Game of Our Lives provides the definitive social history of the EPL--the most popular soccer league in the world." -- |
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| Item Description: | First published in 2014 in the UK by the Penguin Group. |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 338 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781568585161 1568585160 |