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

By: Foer, FranklinMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial , c2005Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: 261 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0060731427; 9780060731427Subject(s): Globalization | SoccerLOC classification: JZ1318 | .F64 2004GV943.9.S64 | F64 2005
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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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
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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.

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