English Gentlemen and World Soccer : Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game (Paperback)

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: ‘A scratch team with gentlemanly instincts’: The Corinthians and English soccer in the late nineteenth century Chapter Two: Decline and fall: The Corinthians in the twentieth century Chapter Three: ‘Missionaries of Empire’: The Corinthians on tour in South Africa Chapter Four: Communing with continental amateurism: Corinthians in Europe, c.1904-1939 Chapter Five: ‘Joy the Corinthians are coming!’ The Corinthian Football Club on tour in Canada and the United States Chapter Six: Noblesse Oblige and the Corinthian sojourns in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Conclusion Bibliography Index