How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization /
Foer, Franklin.
How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York : Harper Perennial , c2005. - 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.
0060731427 9780060731427
Globalization.
Soccer.
JZ1318 / .F64 2004 GV943.9.S64 / F64 2005
How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York : Harper Perennial , c2005. - 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.
0060731427 9780060731427
Globalization.
Soccer.
JZ1318 / .F64 2004 GV943.9.S64 / F64 2005