How soccer explains the world an unlikely theory of globalization
"Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It's a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world, with all its joys and sorrows. In this insightful, wide-ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a...
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New York
Harper Perennial
[2010]
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Table of 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.