TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foer,Franklin
TI  - How soccer explains the world: an unlikely theory of globalization 
SN  - 0060731427
AV  - GV943.9 .S64 F647 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper Perennial
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Soccer
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -