Soccer Empire
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Soccer Empire

The World Cup and the Future of France

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Soccer Empire

The World Cup and the Future of France

About this book

When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In Soccer Empire, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by tracing the story of World Cup soccer, from the Cup's French origins in the 1930s to Africa and the Caribbean and back again. As he vividly recounts the lives of two of soccer's most electrifying players, Zidane and his outspoken teammate, Lilian Thuram, Dubois deepens our understanding of the legacies of empire that persist in Europe and brilliantly captures the power of soccer to change the nation and the world.

Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780520269781
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780520945746
Topic
History
Subtopic
African History
Index
History
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served 
directly 
in 
French 
infantry 
units, 
rather 
than 
in 
colonial 
regiments, 
alongside 
Rimet 
and 
other 
soldiers 
recruited 
in 
metropolitan 
France. 
But 
their 
uniforms 
look 
more 
like 
American 
or 
British 
uniforms 
than 
French 
ones. 
ese 
soldiers 
were 
probably 
among 
the 
African 
Americans 
who 
fought 
in 
the 
war 
starting 
in 
1917, 
most 
of 
whom 
were 
incorporated 
directly 
into 
French 
units 
and 
put 
under 
the 
command 
of 
French 
oïŹƒcers 
like 
Rimet. 
Because 
American 
oïŹƒcers 
were 
concerned 
that 
French 
oïŹƒcers 
would 
treat 
the 
African 
American 
soldiers 
as 
equals, 
the 
French 
army 
issued 
a 
secret 
doc-
ument
—
later 
denounced 
in 
the 
National 
Assembly 
by 
representatives 
from 
Guadeloupe
—
insisting 
that 
oïŹƒcers 
follow 
American 
standards 
of 
racial 
segregation 
and 
avoid 
eating 
or 
shaking 
hands 
with 
these 
troops 
or 
spending 
time 
talking 
to 
them 
about 
anything 
but 
military 
matters. 
Rimet, 
it 
seems, 
Figure 
4. 
Jules 
Rimet 
in 
the 
trenches 
of 
World 
War 
I. 
From 
the 
private 
collection 
of 
Yves 
Rimet.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Preface: Scoring Spirits
  7. Introduction: The Language of Happiness
  8. 1 A Beautiful Harvest
  9. 2 Caribbean France
  10. 3 Crossings
  11. 4 Roots
  12. 5 Two Goals
  13. 6 Two Flags
  14. 7 La France Métissée
  15. 8 An Unfinished War
  16. 9 Reconciliation
  17. 10 Burn
  18. 11 Coup de Boule
  19. Epilogue: Returns
  20. Notes
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Index

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