{"product_id":"football-in-the-land-of-the-soviets-paperback","title":"Football in the Land of the Soviets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarles Viñas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA popular history of the emergence of football in early 20th century Russia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mistrusted and derided, instrumentalized and adored - the story of football in Tsarist and early Soviet Russia is as wild and intriguing as that of the country itself. In many ways, it is the same story...\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFootball in the Land of the Soviets \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh perspective on a momentous chapter in modern political history. Carles Viñas shows how the Russian game was transformed in just a few decades: from a minor emigré pastime to a modernizing driver of society, to a vanguard for Soviet diplomacy and internationalism, and finally, with the first championship of the Soviet League in 1936, into a truly mass phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo exactly how did a bourgeois game end up as the collective passion of the Soviet working class? And why does it matter? \u003ci\u003eFootball in the Land of the Soviets\u003c\/i\u003e brings these questions to the fore in this thrilling, unorthodox account of the fall of an imperial dynasty and the rise of the world's first socialist state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarles Viñas is an expert in football and skinhead culture. Exposing racism in the sport, as well as championing its radical history, his passion for the game has led him to write numerous books on the subject, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eSt. Pauli: Another Football is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169001836679,"sku":"9780745347448","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f86f7a2d6f7ca43e4bef1a09d680d2e5.webp?v=1733338342","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/football-in-the-land-of-the-soviets-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}