The Scotsman - "A new book, France and the 1998 World cup is
subtitled The National Impact of a World Sporting Event, and
delivers a compelling and persuasive body of evidence to suggest
France 98 was a significant landmark in the country"s 20th century
history."
The New Statesman - "France and the 1998 World Cup is written in
the flat, unexcitable style of a sociology textbook, yet it eschews
jargon and has a curious readability. It is particularly good on
how nationalism finds expression on the sporting field, on how
issues of culture and identity spiral as tightly as DNA around
sport, on how football can take the form of a kind of surrogate
war."
TLS - "This enjoyable collection of essays edited by Hugh Dauncey
and Geoff Hare describes the economic, cultural and sporting
dimensions of organizing, and subsequently winning the World
Cup."
"While the question of whether a sporting event can change a nation
remains unanswered, the book demonstrates that the 1998 World Cup
is worthy of attention as much for its impact on contemporary
France as for its football."
Newcastle Upon Tyne Journal- "After the glut of bandwagon-jumping,
hastily written, ill-informed and downright inaccurate glut of
books about last year"s football World Cup, comes this thoroughly
researched work."
"Not only does France and the 1998 World Cup, a series of
historical, cultural and sociological essays about the Coupe du
Monde compiled by two Tyneside academics, examine last summer"s
tournament but it puts it in the context of growth of French
football."
Four Four Two -"France"s victory, as Dauncey and Hare concede,
kick-started French football and brought together a nation"s
disparate elements under a common cause."
Official Bulletin of UEFA, "A most informative study."
The Journal -" After the glut of bandwagon-jumping,
hastily-written, ill-informed, and downright inaccurate glut of
books about last year"s football World Cup, comes this thoroughly
researched work"
Sociology of Sport Online- " The book represents an informative
insight into the spectacle of France 98 from a variety of
perspectives. It is well grounded in the event itself, with the
chapters being able to be read chronologically or as individual
essays. It therefore, could prove a very useful resource to
students of globalisation, and the sociology of sport, which
appears to be an expanding area of interest. However, it also
provides an in-depth look at French culture and how it is reflected
in national sporting organisations and attitudes...In this respect,
the appeal of the book extends further than sport sciences, as it
reaches to the students of French culture itself.
Edited by Dauncey, Hugh; Hare, Geoff
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