1st Edition
English Gentlemen and World Soccer Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: ‘A scratch team with gentlemanly instincts’: The Corinthians and English soccer in the late nineteenth century
Chapter Two: Decline and fall: The Corinthians in the twentieth century
Chapter Three: ‘Missionaries of Empire’: The Corinthians on tour in South Africa
Chapter Four: Communing with continental amateurism: Corinthians in Europe, c.1904-1939
Chapter Five: ‘Joy the Corinthians are coming!’ The Corinthian Football Club on tour in Canada and the United States
Chapter Six: Noblesse Oblige and the Corinthian sojourns in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Chris Bolsmann is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University Northridge, USA and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dilwyn Porter is an Honorary Professor of Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and Visiting Professor of Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham.
"Chris Bolsmann and Dilwyn Porter's new book provides a meticulously researched history of the Corinthians - largely an attempt to provide some balance to accounts of the club, most of which of which were previously authored by insiders and former players. They strike the right balance in emphasizing the prominent place the club take in the pantheon of English football while pointing to more nuanced factors that might play down the club's influence. The sweep of the club's history is analysed while chapters are devoted to the various tours the club undertook. All are fascinating." - The Two Unfortunates
