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001 2004302420
003 DLC
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008 040920s2004 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aGV943.9.S64$bF64 2004
082 00 $a796.334$222
100 1 $aFoer, Franklin.
245 10 $aHow soccer explains the world :$ban unlikely theory of globalization /$cFranklin Foer.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$cc2004.
300 $a261 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.
505 0 $aHow 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.
650 0 $aSoccer$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSports and globalization.