Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Abbreviations xxiii
7. Chapter One. The Stadium in Theory and Practice 1
8. Chapter Two. Rio de Janeiro: Spiritual Home of World Football 40
9. Chapter Three. Stadiums and Society in Twenty-first Century Rio de Janeiro 77
10. Chapter Four. Buenos Aires: Estadiolandia 122
11. Chapter Five. Class and Conflict in the Stadiums of Buenos Aires 149
12. Chapter Six. Comparative Cultural Urbanism 180
13. Appendix A. Stadiums in Rio de Janeiro, 2007 211
14. Appendix B. Clubs and Stadiums in Buenos Aires, 2007 213
15. Appendix C. Time Line, Brazil 216
16. Appendix D. Time Line, Argentina 218
17. Notes 220
18. Bibliography 234
19. Index 249