{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-soccer-a-graphic-chronicle","title":"A People's History of Soccer: A Graphic Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Delightfully illustrated, smartly organized, and deftly argued. A pleasure from start to finishʼ David Goldblatt, writer, academic, broadcaster and author of Injury Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The love for the sport shines through in this beautifully illustrated, humanist historyʼ David Squires, artist and Guardian cartoonist, author of The Illustrated History of Football\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoccer has always been so much more than the billionaire buyers and seven-figure signing fees. With the game now more popular than ever, one thing is clear: when it comes to soccer, only half the story is usually told. If you look beyond the men in suits at FIFA and the corporate World Cup, you’ll find a history unparalleled in the world of sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom England, France, and Germany to Palestine, South Africa, and Brazil, A People’s History of Soccer reveals how the ‘beautiful game’ has been a powerful instrument of emancipation for workers, feminists, anti-colonialist activists, young people, and protesters around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis entertaining history from below is beautifully rendered by award-winning illustrator Lelio Bonaccorso, bringing players from history to life in vivid color, from the game’s unruly feudal origins right up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMickaël Correia is a journalist and the author of several books. His passion for soccer began when he was four, with kickabouts on the streets of Roubaix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Christophe Deveney is a French comic book writer whose many publications include adaptations of stories by Haruki Murakami.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLelio Bonaccorso is an award-winning Italian comic artist and illustrator who has published extensively with Marvel and DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucky's Books and Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47221221523587,"sku":"9780745352398","price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/3795\/6483\/files\/9780745352398.jpg?v=1780014267","url":"https:\/\/luckys.ca\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-soccer-a-graphic-chronicle","provider":"Lucky's Books and Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}