Browsing Dissertations & Theses by Author "Blakeslee, Brandon Todd"
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FOOT-BALL! TURNING COLOMBIAN BOYS INTO PATRIOTIC MEN: HOW SPORT AND EDUCATION DEVELOPED WITH EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY COLOMBIAN NATIONALISM
Blakeslee, Brandon Todd (2021-08-10)In 1948 a collection of ten football (soccer) teams from across Colombia joined together to form the División Mayor (Major League) the culmination of a thirty-year-long process to form a national league. Colombian sports ... -
How To Make A Foreign Idea Your Own: Argentine Identity And The Role Soccer Played In Its Formation
Blakeslee, Brandon Todd (History, 2014-12)Since Spanish-speaking Latin America achieved independence from Spain the question has been whether to follow the North American or European example. Do the new republics embrace the Old World with its aristocracy or the ...