How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization /
Foer, Franklin.
How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer. - New York : HarperCollins, c2004. - 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.
How soccer explains the gangster's paradise -- How soccer explains the pornography of sects -- How soccer explains the Jewish question -- How soccer explains the sentimental hooligan -- How soccer explains the survival of the top hats -- How soccer explains the black Carpathians -- How soccer explains the new oligarchs -- How soccer explains the discreet charm of bourgeois nationalism -- How soccer explains Islam's hope -- How soccer explains the American culture wars.
"Soccer is a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world ... Franklin Foer takes us on a tour through the world of soccer, shattering the myths of our new global age along the way"--jacket.
9780060731427
2004302420
Soccer--Social aspects.
Sports and globalization.
796.334
How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer. - New York : HarperCollins, c2004. - 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.
How soccer explains the gangster's paradise -- How soccer explains the pornography of sects -- How soccer explains the Jewish question -- How soccer explains the sentimental hooligan -- How soccer explains the survival of the top hats -- How soccer explains the black Carpathians -- How soccer explains the new oligarchs -- How soccer explains the discreet charm of bourgeois nationalism -- How soccer explains Islam's hope -- How soccer explains the American culture wars.
"Soccer is a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world ... Franklin Foer takes us on a tour through the world of soccer, shattering the myths of our new global age along the way"--jacket.
9780060731427
2004302420
Soccer--Social aspects.
Sports and globalization.
796.334