From Football to Soccer

Brian D. Bunk is a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of Ghosts of Passion: Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War and coeditor of Nation and Conflict in Modern Spain: Essays in Honor of Stanley G. Payne.

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Indigenous Football in North America2. The Schoolboys' Game3. Manly Games of Celebration and Escape4. Steel City Soccer5. Soccer Goes Pro6. Collen Bawns and Bonnie Lassies7. Women and Soccer in the Early Twentieth Century8. Soccer Goes to War9. Ethnic and Industrial SoccerConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexBack cover

"From Football to Soccer enhances the history of soccer in America by focusing on the United States and the early years of the game." --Journal of American History"An excellent addition. . . From Football to Soccer undoubtedly adds much to the historiography of soccer in the United States." --Journal of Popular Culture"Bunk presents an innovative look at early American soccer history that should help put to rest any notion of the United States as a place exceptional among soccer-playing nations. Individual chapters within From Football to Soccer can stand alone as readings for undergraduate courses, and the book is a valuable resource for all who study the history of football codes." --Journal of Sport History