Authors Koller and Brändle present students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with an examination of the cultural history of soccer, or football, in Europe. The authors have organized the main body of their text in eleven chapters devoted to football and money, football and emotion, football and the nation, football and class struggle, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Christian Koller is director of the Swiss Social Archives and an adjunct faculty member of the University of Zurich. Fabian Brändle is employed by the Atelier for Direct Democracy, Switzerland. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)