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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
218 kr
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Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power, 1918–1930 is the inside story of how Uruguay rose from South American pioneers to global champions. Their revolutionary style exploded into world consciousness at the 1924 Paris Olympics, where La Celeste dazzled Europe and redefined the possibilities of the sport. Two consecutive Olympic triumphs, followed by celebrated tours across Europe and North America, elevated José Nasazzi, José Leandro Andrade and Héctor Scarone into international icons who set new standards for skill, intelligence and athleticism. The story reaches its dramatic climax in Montevideo in 1930, as Uruguay hosted and won the inaugural FIFA World Cup amid construction crises, political tension and European boycotts. Drawing on rare archival material from Montevideo, Martin da Cruz reconstructs the personalities, controversies and cultural forces that shaped one of football’s most important eras. Richly detailed and deeply researched, this is the definitive English?language account of how a nation of barely two million people produced a footballing generation unmatched to this day.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
200 kr
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Uruguay remains a curious case in world football. Early Olympic and World Cup triumphs made it the game's first global power, and the small country has punched above its weight ever since. But the story behind its success is untold. In this first English-language history of Uruguayan football, Martin da Cruz maps the game's journey from exclusive British pastime to Uruguayan national passion, bringing to life the teams, players and personalities who helped create one of the world's most intense sporting cultures. From the start, football was intimately tied to Uruguay's national story. Wedged between giants Argentina and Brazil and lacking a cohesive national identity, Uruguay used the game to create unified and educated citizens, to put an end to civil war and become an advanced social democracy. Yet football also drove counter-narratives of class and race, challenging Uruguay's self-identification as a peaceful, 'white' nation. From Beauty to Duty is the story of a little country made big.
E-bok
Engelska, 2022132 kr
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Uruguay remains a curious case in world football. Early Olympic and World Cup triumphs made it the game''s first global power, and the small country has punched above its weight ever since. But the story behind its success is untold. In this first English-language history of Uruguayan football, Martin da Cruz maps the game''s journey from exclusive British pastime to Uruguayan national passion, bringing to life the teams, players and personalities who helped create one of the world''s most intense sporting cultures. From the start, football was intimately tied to Uruguay''s national story. Wedged between giants Argentina and Brazil and lacking a cohesive national identity, Uruguay used the game to create unified and educated citizens, to put an end to civil war and become an advanced social democracy. Yet football also drove counter-narratives of class and race, challenging Uruguay''s self-identification as a peaceful, ''white'' nation. From Beauty to Duty is the story of a little country made big.
E-bok
Spanska, 202576 kr
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El latido eterno del fútbol celeste: 150 años de emociones.Hace 150 años, en los polvorientos campitos de Montevideo, nació un sueño que se convertiría en el alma del fútbol uruguayo. Desde aquellos días de polvo y pasión, hasta los estadios contemporáneos, cada gurí con su pelota, cada gol y cada lágrima se tejieron en la rica tradición del juego celeste.La esencia del fútbol, su garra, está impregnada de cada conquista lograda en su recorrido. Con 150 años de pura emoción, la revista 150 Años de Fútbol captura la esencia misma de este viaje único. En cada página, revivimos los momentos mágicos, las victorias resonantes y las derrotas que marcaron generaciones.Esta revista no es solo un tributo al deporte; es un relato emotivo que nos conecta con nuestra identidad, nuestros héroes y nuestras raíces. Celebremos juntos el latido eterno de 150 años de fútbol uruguayo, donde la pasión y la garra charrúa continúan escribiendo su propia epopeya. ¡Bienvenidos a un viaje que trasciende el tiempo, anclado en el corazón de los verdaderos amantes del fútbol celeste!