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The politics of football in Yugoslavia : sport, nationalism and the state

Mills, Richard, author

2020

Overview

Even before Tito's Communist Party established control over the war-ravaged territories which became socialist Yugoslavia, his partisan forces were using football as a revolutionary tool. In 1944 a team representing the incipient state was dispatched to play matches around the liberated Mediterranean. This consummated a deep relationship between football and communism that endured until this complex multi-ethnic polity tore itself apart in the 1990s. Starting with an exploration of the game in the short-lived interwar Kingdom, this title traces that liaison for the first time. Based on extensive archival research and interviews, it ventures across the former Yugoslavia to illustrate the myriad ways football was harnessed by an array of political forces.

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Subject: Soccer Yugoslavia History 20th century. / Soccer Political aspects Yugoslavia History 20th century. / Soccer Social aspects Yugoslavia History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781838603823

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GV944.Y8 M55 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE