German Football: History, Culture, Society provides unprecedented analysis and commentary on the place of football in post-war and post-reunification Germany, revealing the motives and drives underlying Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals. The contributors explore the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how football has emerged as a major focus for the expression of a coherent national identity and as evidence of the restoration of German national pride in the post-World War II period. Major themes include: DT German football's desire for success on the International stage; DT Football expressions of local, regional and national identity; DT The East European legacy; DT Ethnic dynamics, migrant populations and Europeanization; DT German football's commercial economy; DT Women's football in Germany; DT Literary and media perceptions of the German game. With...

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