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Zirin, Dave.
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World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil) -- Political aspects.
World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Soccer -- Tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Soccer -- Tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Democracy -- Brazil.
Brazil -- History.
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Zirin, Dave.
World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil) -- Political aspects.
World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Soccer -- Tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Soccer -- Tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Democracy -- Brazil.
Brazil -- History.
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Brazil
's Dance with the devil : the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy / by Dave Zirin.
by
Zirin, Dave.
Haymarket Books, [2014].
Call #:
796.334668 Z81b
Subjects
World Cup (Soccer) (2014 :
Brazil
)
--
Political
aspects
.
World Cup (Soccer) (2014 :
Brazil
)
--
Social
aspects
.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
)
--
Political
aspects
.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
)
--
Social
aspects
.
Soccer
--
Tournaments
--
Political
aspects
--
Brazil
.
Soccer
--
Tournaments
--
Social
aspects
--
Brazil
.
Sports
tournaments
--
Political
aspects
--
Brazil
.
Sports
tournaments
--
Social
aspects
--
Brazil
.
Democracy
--
Brazil
.
Brazil
--
History.
ISBN:
9781608463602 (pbk.)
1608463605 (pbk.)
Description:
xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
Summary:
As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades.
Sports
journalist Dave Zirin traveled to
Brazil
to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.
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