How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer.

By:

Foer, Franklin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, c2004.Description: 261 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780060731427

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DDC classification:

796.334 22

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Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Book	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	General Collection	796.334 FOE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		RU00008809

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.

"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.

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