Book presentation
In July, a gathering took place for the presentation of historian Julio Frydenberg’s Una Historia Social del Fútbol. Many books have been written about Argentinean soccer, but most have been produced either by journalists or sociologists. Frydenberg’s book is the first serious treatment of Argentinean football by a historian. The academic community in Argentina, therefore, anxiously awaited its arrival and gathered to congratulate a scholar whose writings on the topic had been building up to this moment.
Because of the nature of the topic, and the seminal nature of the book within historical studies of Argentinean soccer, this book presentation convened historians and journalists alike Continue reading