Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4422-6718-3 • Hardback • October 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
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William D. Bowman is the Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities and professor of history at Gettysburg College. His books include Imperialism in the Modern World and Priest and Parish in Vienna, 1780 to 1880. At Gettysburg College, he teaches courses on modern European and world history as well as the history of sports.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Origins of Modern Football and the First World Cup
Kicking Games around the World
The Creation of Modern Football
Football’s Spread to South America
Football’s Spread to Africa and Asia
Football in Canada, Australia, and South Africa
Football in the United States
The First World Cup: Uruguay 1930
Documents and Artifacts Related to the Origins and Development of Football
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research
Notes
2 The Politics of the World Cup
Jules Rimet, Stanley Rous, and the First Several Decades of FIFA
The Havelange and Blatter Revolutions and the Further History of FIFA
The Politics of Individual World Cups: The 1930s
The World Cup in the Post-Second World War Era: 1945–1970s
The Politics of Recent World Cups
Conclusion
Documents and Artifacts Related to the Politics of the World Cup
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research
Notes
3 The Economics of the World Cup
World Cup Attendance
The Havelange Economic Revolution
Bidding, Staging, Qualifying, and the World Cup Draw
The Television Revolution
Advertising
Players’ Salaries and Bonuses
Conclusion
Documents and Artifacts Related to the Economics of the World Cup
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research
Notes
4 The World Cup and Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Women, Gender, and Football
Women and Football before the FIFA World Cup
Women’s World Cup: 1991–Present
Race and Ethnic Identity
Conclusion
Documents and Artifacts Related to Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and the World Cup
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research
Notes
5 Football as a Spectacle
Arenas and Crowds
World Cup Stars as Sporting Icons
Women Icons of Football
Conclusion
Documents and Artifacts Related to the Spectacle of the World Cup
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research
Notes
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
A flexible, valuable tool for the classroom. It uses a famous event—the World Cup—as an entering wedge into the study of world history. It situates the evolution of the World Cup in the context of political, economic, and cultural globalization in ways that are accessible to students and useful to teachers.
— Eric Reed, Western Kentucky University
Football has formed part of the fabric of our society for more than one hundred years. William Bowman offers a fresh and accessible approach to tackling world history―through the lens of ‘The Beautiful Game’ and its World Cup. His book clearly and concisely shows the dynamism of football as a cultural phenomenon that has become a vehicle through which many different aspects of society are influenced, from politics, economics, and globalization to questions on cultural, racial, and gender identities. The World Cup as World History offers a new approach to understanding world history and how we can look at and make sense of the past.
— Timothy J. Ashton, University of South Carolina, Aiken
Bowman cleverly combines world history and the history of football’s largest event to produce a cohesive and interesting introduction to global issues. He effectively uses a specific sporting event to enliven interest and offer a core narrative, something approaches to world history often struggle with; yet the author also organizes the book along issues of class, race, gender, culture, politics, and economics, ensuring rigor and more traditional analysis. The combination introduces readers to core historical issues in an entertaining and welcoming way.
— Andrew McFarland, Indiana University Kokomo
- Links to documents for further study
- Tables and photographs that can be analyzed and discussed in relation to the book’s main themes
- Extensive bibliographies as guides to further reading and research