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Author:   Kausik Bandyopadhyay (West Bengal State University, India) ,  J. A. Mangan ,  Boria Majumdar ,  Mark Dyreson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780415497145

ISBN 10:   0415497140
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   25 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Minorities and The Global Game Kausik Bandyopadhyay 2. Forgotten Fields? Centralizing the Experiences of Minority Ethnic Men’s Football Clubs in England Daniel Burdsey 3. Playing Games with ‘Race’: Understanding Resistance to ‘Race’ Equality Initiatives in English Local Football Governance Jim Lusted 4. North or South? Darron Gibson and the Issue of Player Eligibility Within Irish Soccer David Hassan, Shane McCullough and Elizabeth Moreland 5. Deutschland über Alles: Discrimination in German Football Christos Kassimeris 6. The Dream of Social Mobility: Ethnic Minority Players in Danish Football Clubs Sine Agergaard and Jan Kahr Sørensen 7. The Promise of Soccer in America: the Open Play of Ethnic Subcultures Derek Van Rheenen 8. Association Football to Fútbol: Ethnic Succession and the History of Chicago-Area Soccer Since 1920 David Trouille 9. No Single Pattern: Australian Migrant Minorities and the Round Ball Code in Victoria Roy Hay and Nick Guoth 10. In Search of an Identity: The Muslims and Football in Colonial India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 11. Colonial Legacy, Minorities and Association Football in Kenya Wycliffe W. Simiyu Njororai 12. Not Just for Men: Israeli Women Who Fancy Football Amir Ben-Porat

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Kausik Bandyopadhyay, an Academic Editor of Soccer and Society, teaches History at West Bengal State University, Barasat, India. A former Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, Dr. Bandyopadhyay is the author of Playing Off the Field: Explorations in the History of Sport (Kolkata: Towards Freedom, 2007) and Playing for Freedom: A Historic Sports Victory (New Delhi: Standard Publishers, 2008); co-author of A Social History of Indian Football: Striving to Score (London: Routledge, 2006); and co-editor of Fringe Nations in World Soccer (London: Routledge, 2008).

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