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Le football italien. Une histoire à l'échelle du siècle

1990; Presses de Sciences Po; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3406/xxs.1990.2968

1950-6678

Pierre Milza,

French Historical and Cultural Studies

Italian soccer : a century-long history, Pierre Milza. As an urban phenomenon characteristic of the big industrial cities of the North (Torino, Genoa, Milan), calcio remained until 1914 the prerogative of the bourgeoisie and liberal aristocracy. Between the wars, soccer became a mass sport practiced throughout Italy. It was taken over by fascism, which made it a spectator sport, a factor of " consensus ". That was the period of great international successes, but also of a growing dependence on money. After 1945, calcio became a factor of national solidarity in the framework of the city and region, slowly integrating the clubs of the South.