How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

Title: How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
Author: Foer, Franklin
ISBN: 9780066212340
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2004
Binding: Regular Hardback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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"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.