From Beauty to Duty

A Footballing History of Uruguay, 1878-1918

From Beauty to Duty
Martin da Cruz
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Hardback
h222 x 144mm - 352pg
3 Oct 2022 UK
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9781801501491
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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.
Martin da Cruz is a football historian and writer. A graduate in Latin American history, he specialises in early Uruguayan football and national identity. He has contributed to The Blizzard and is a founding member of the Uruguayan Football Historians and Researchers Association (AHIFU).
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781801501491
Published: 3 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 144mm
Pages: 352

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