Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 194 (Interview with Mr. Brian D. Bunk of UMass, revisiting his book ‘From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States’ (2021))

Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast

This is the 194th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.

For this episode, I interview Mr. Brian D. Bunk, revisiting his book ‘From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States’ (2021).

Mr. Bunk is a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Massachusetts.

He is also the author of the following books:

‘Ghosts of Passion: Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War‘ (2007)

and the coeditor of ‘Nation and Conflict in Modern Spain: Essays in Honor of Stanley G. Payne.’ (2008)

‘Beyond the Field: How Soccer Built Community in the United States (Sport and Society)’ (to be released in June 2025)

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Mr. Bunk ’s contact info:

Twitter (X): @SoccerHistoryUS

Bluesky: @brianbunk.bsky.social

Link to Mr. Bunk’s books:

https://www.amazon.com/Football-Soccer-History-Beautiful-Society/dp/0252085876

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p085871

https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Passion-Martyrdom-Origins-Spanish-ebook/dp/B00EHNTUSY?ref_=ast_author_dp

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Field-Soccer-Community-Society/dp/0252046684?ref_=ast_author_dp

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