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Following the ball : the migration of African soccer players across the Portuguese colonial empire, 1949-1975 /

"With Following the Ball, Todd Cleveland incorporates labor, sport, diasporic, and imperial history to examine the extraordinary experiences of African football players from Portugal's African colonies as they relocated to the metropole from 1949 until the conclusion of the colonial era in...

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Main Author: Cleveland, Todd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Soccer > Portugal > History > 20th century.
Soccer players > Africa, Portuguese-speaking > History > 20th century.
Portugal > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780896804999
0896804992
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Foundations
  • The introduction and consumption of soccer in Lusophone Africa
  • ch. 2 Engaging with the game
  • African practitioners in the colonies
  • ch. 3 Following the ball, realizing a goal
  • From the colonies to the metropole
  • ch. 4 Successes, setbacks, and strategies
  • Football and life in the metropole
  • ch. 5 Calculated conciliation
  • Apoliticism in a politically charged context.

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