How soccer explains the world : an unlikely theory of globalization / Franklin Foer.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 261 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0066212340
- 9780066212340
- How soccer explains the world : An unlikely theory of globalisation
- 303.482 22
- 796.334 22
- GV943.9.S64 F64 2004
- JZ1318 .F64 2004
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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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