Tomlinson A., Young C. German Football: History, Culture, Society and the World Cup 2006

London, New Yourk.: Routledge. 2006. - 258 c.
ISBN10 0–415–35195–2 (hbk)
ISBN10 0–415–35196–0 (pbk)
ISBN13 978–0–415–35195–9 (hbk)
ISBN13 978–0–415–35196–6 (pbk)German Football: History, Culture, Society provides unprecedented analysis of the place of football in post-war and post-reunification Germany, revealing the motives and drives underlying Germany’s successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals.
The contributors explore the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how football has emerged as a major focus for the expression of a coherent national identity and as evidence of the restoration of German national pride in the post-World War II period.