Daniel G Whitmore (6 results)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For four weeks, the world rearranges itself around football.Workdays pause. Time zones align. Cities become stages. The FIFA World Cup does more than crown a champion; it concentrates global attention in a way no other event can. And then, just as suddenly, it leaves.This book is not about m…atches or predictions. It is about meaning.After the Final Whistle examines the FIFA World Cup as a global institution; how it came to hold such power, why hosting rights matter, and what the tournament leaves behind long after the crowds disperse and the cameras move on.Moving from the origins of FIFA to the politics of hosting, from American host cities to street culture beyond the stadiums, this book explores the World Cup as a force that reshapes cities, economies, and collective memory. It asks why the tournament matters more than the Olympics to millions, how infrastructure and investment alter daily life, and why underdogs and small nations use the World Cup to announce themselves to the world.Rather than offering a guidebook or match analysis, the book traces patterns: how attention is mobilized, how rituals create belonging, how legacy is promised, and contested.It looks closely at what hosting demands: the roads that endure or decay, the stadiums that become memory machines, the uneven gains between global brands and local businesses, and the quiet responsibility that remains once the spectacle fades.At its core, this is a book about the aftermath. About what cities inherit. About how people remember. About what it means when the world arrives together, and what happens when it leaves.For readers who want to understand the World Cup beyond the scoreboard, this book offers a way to watch and to remember, more clearly. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For four weeks, the world rearranges itself around football.Workdays pause. Time zones align. Cities become stages. The FIFA World Cup does more than crown a champion; it concentrates global attention in a way no other event can. And then, just as suddenly, it leaves.This book is not about m…atches or predictions. It is about meaning.After the Final Whistle examines the FIFA World Cup as a global institution; how it came to hold such power, why hosting rights matter, and what the tournament leaves behind long after the crowds disperse and the cameras move on.Moving from the origins of FIFA to the politics of hosting, from American host cities to street culture beyond the stadiums, this book explores the World Cup as a force that reshapes cities, economies, and collective memory. It asks why the tournament matters more than the Olympics to millions, how infrastructure and investment alter daily life, and why underdogs and small nations use the World Cup to announce themselves to the world.Rather than offering a guidebook or match analysis, the book traces patterns: how attention is mobilized, how rituals create belonging, how legacy is promised, and contested.It looks closely at what hosting demands: the roads that endure or decay, the stadiums that become memory machines, the uneven gains between global brands and local businesses, and the quiet responsibility that remains once the spectacle fades.At its core, this is a book about the aftermath. About what cities inherit. About how people remember. About what it means when the world arrives together, and what happens when it leaves.For readers who want to understand the World Cup beyond the scoreboard, this book offers a way to watch and to remember, more clearly. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
