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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 261 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0066212340
  • 9780066212340
Other title:
  • How soccer explains the world : An unlikely theory of globalisation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.482 22
  • 796.334 22
LOC classification:
  • GV943.9.S64 F64 2004
  • JZ1318 .F64 2004
Online resources:
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 -- --
Prologue -- 1. How Soccer Explains: the Gangster's Paradise -- 2. How Soccer Explains: the Pornography of Sects -- 3. How Soccer Explains: the Jewish Question -- 4. How Soccer Explains: the Sentimental Hooligan -- 5. How Soccer Explains: the Survival of the Top Hats -- 6. How Soccer Explains: the Black Carpathians -- 7. How Soccer Explains: the New Oligarchs -- 8. How Soccer Explains: the Discreet Charm of Bourgeois Nationalism -- 9. How Soccer Explains: Islam's Hope -- 10. How Soccer Explains: the American Culture Wars -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 303.482 FOE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A260626B

Includes bibliographical references 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 -- --

Prologue -- 1. How Soccer Explains: the Gangster's Paradise -- 2. How Soccer Explains: the Pornography of Sects -- 3. How Soccer Explains: the Jewish Question -- 4. How Soccer Explains: the Sentimental Hooligan -- 5. How Soccer Explains: the Survival of the Top Hats -- 6. How Soccer Explains: the Black Carpathians -- 7. How Soccer Explains: the New Oligarchs -- 8. How Soccer Explains: the Discreet Charm of Bourgeois Nationalism -- 9. How Soccer Explains: Islam's Hope -- 10. How Soccer Explains: the American Culture Wars -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- 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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