Foer, Franklin. <br/><br/>
How soccer explains the world :  an unlikely theory of globalization / 
Franklin Foer. 
 - New York :  HarperCollins,  c2004. 
 - 261 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060731427 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004302420 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Soccer--Social aspects.<br/>Sports and globalization.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.334