附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction: Studying French Football; 2 Establishing Football in the French National Consciousness; 3 Towns and Cities; 4 Fans: a Sociology of French Club Football; 5 Coaches: Building the Successes of French Teams; 6 Players as Heroes; 7 Television: Football as Spectacle and Commodity; 8 Chairmen: Business, Politics and Corruption; 9 Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
摘要:France's performance in the 2002 World Cup brought back painful memories of a time when France was a weak contender in world and European football - a time when national or club teams rarely won, and the French were renowned for having little interes t in the game. Today, football plays a unique role in French society. French players and coaches are highly sought after abroad and the national team has chalked up significant recent victories, including a World Cup and European Championship. This b ook is the first in English to examine the extraordinary cultural, economic, and political history.
