Roger KittlesonCountry of Football: Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil (Sport in World History) (Volume 2)

Well, it is not my opinion, it belongs to my granddaughter Sydney to whom I gave this book. She loves it.jc

If you read David Goldblatt's Futebol Nation, then none of the information in this book should be relatively new. While this book is centered more around soccer than the history of the country, a lot of the information presented in the book was the same. This went into a little more biographical information of some of the countries biggest stars like Pele, Zico, Cuja, Socrates, and others, as well as more stories of the World Cup's. It is a more academic reading than Futebol Nation, which was a more narrative account of Brazil. While Futebol Nation dove into the social and political aspects of Brazil, this touched on them as it related to soccer. Chose one or the other unless you want to read both. Good read however, very interesting subject to read about.

Good book