Football and National Identities in Spain: The Strange Death of Don Quixote

Author:   A. Quiroga
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
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Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
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Author:   A. Quiroga
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.335kg
ISBN:  

9781349347070


ISBN 10:   1349347078
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Quiroga has achieved a portrait of post-Franco Spain that is, undoubtedly, both a tour de force and a must for eventual investigations. Excellent for those interested in Spain. - El Mundo Alejandro Quiroga provides an objective and entirely scientific analysis of football's social impact. Football and National Identities in Spain has also the strength of dealing dispassionately with the struggles for sports hegemonies in a country rich in national identities. - El Pais An important book due to its deep reflexion, thorough analysis and meticulous use of sources. Rigorous and praiseworthy. - ABC Alejandro Quiroga has written the almost definitive book on its subject. This is a brilliant volume with compelling arguments. - Leer


Quiroga has achieved a portrait of post-Franco Spain that is, undoubtedly, both a tour de force and a must for eventual investigations. Excellent for those interested in Spain. - El Mundo Alejandro Quiroga provides an objective and entirely scientific analysis of football's social impact. Football and National Identities in Spain has also the strength of dealing dispassionately with the struggles for sports hegemonies in a country rich in national identities. - El Pais An important book due to its deep reflexion, thorough analysis and meticulous use of sources. Rigorous and praiseworthy. - ABC Alejandro Quiroga has written the almost definitive book on its subject. This is a brilliant volume with compelling arguments. - Leer


""Quiroga has achieved a portrait of post-Franco Spain that is, undoubtedly, both a tour de force and a must for eventual investigations. Excellent for those interested in Spain."" - El Mundo ""Alejandro Quiroga provides an objective and entirely scientific analysis of football's social impact. Football and National Identities in Spain has also the strength of dealing dispassionately with the struggles for sports hegemonies in a country rich in national identities."" - El País ""An important book due to its deep reflexion, thorough analysis and meticulous use of sources. Rigorous and praiseworthy."" - ABC ""Alejandro Quiroga has written the almost definitive book on its subject. This is a brilliant volume with compelling arguments."" - Leer


"""Quiroga has achieved a portrait of post-Franco Spain that is, undoubtedly, both a tour de force and a must for eventual investigations. Excellent for those interested in Spain."" - El Mundo ""Alejandro Quiroga provides an objective and entirely scientific analysis of football's social impact. Football and National Identities in Spain has also the strength of dealing dispassionately with the struggles for sports hegemonies in a country rich in national identities."" - El País ""An important book due to its deep reflexion, thorough analysis and meticulous use of sources. Rigorous and praiseworthy."" - ABC ""Alejandro Quiroga has written the almost definitive book on its subject. This is a brilliant volume with compelling arguments."" - Leer"


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Alejandro Quiroga is Reader in Spanish History at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of Making Spaniards: Primo de Rivera and the Nationalization of the Masses, 1923-1930 and The Reinvention of Spain: Nation and Identity since Democracy (with Sebastian Balfour).

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