Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Britain, Sport and the 1980s
$40.12
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2024
Summary
A social history of 1980s Britain, told through the sport of the time.
Travel back to the 1980s - to Botham’s Ashes and the Brixton riots; the Moscow Olympics and the miners’ strike; the Crucible Theatre and the Falklands - to explore how we got to where we are now. Discover how sport became fully entwined in our national story; how sporting heroes were made, and destroyed; how ‘wars’ were fought on the pitch; and how sport responded to - and drove cultural change in - our society.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529114843 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529114845 |
| Author: | Roger Domeneghetti |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 337g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
An entertaining romp, a comfortable armchair ride crammed with colourful detail – Barney Ronay * Literary Review *Comprehensive… Illuminates our own time too – Simon Kuper * Spectator *[A] compelling case… of how the way that Eighties sport was interwoven with its surroundings * New Statesman *
About The Author
Roger Domeneghetti
Roger Domeneghetti is a senior lecturer in journalism at Northumbria University. His first book, From the Back Page to the Front Room- Football’s Journey Through the English Media, was shortlisted for the 2015 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History, and received widespread critical praise. Prior to this, he worked as a journalist for more than 20 years in both print and new media. He continues to work as a freelancer for a variety of publications including The Blizzard, The New European, BBC History Magazine, the TLS, Wisden Cricket Monthly and The NightWatchman.
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