How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization |
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| Authors: | Foer, Franklin |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| BISAC/Subject: | SOC022000, SPO000000, SPO040000, HIS024000 |
| ISBN: | 9780061864704, Related ISBNs: 0061864706, 9780061864704, 9780061978050 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 288, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
“An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about.”
—The New York Times Book Review
"An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip."
—The Wall Street Journal
"Foer’s skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations… are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism."
—The Boston Globe
A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.
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