How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by:
Franklin Foer (author)
Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross–currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide–ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer,...
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Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross–currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide–ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a spotlight on the clash of civilizations, the international economy, and just about everything in between. How Soccer Explains the World is an utterly original book that makes sense of our troubled times.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060731427 (0060731427)
Publish date: July 1st 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
History,
Cultural,
Economics,
Culture,
Politics,
Sociology,
Political Science,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
International
Not so much. Whether you choose to apply that review or to the ideas presented you would be correct.
Warning: Depsite the fact that I am a Yank, I might refer to soccer as football in this review. The term football makes more sense.In 2000, I was making my way back from Copenhagen (Ah Wonderful Copenhagen, Beautiful Copenhagen, where I lived down the street from a waffle factory. I would get hung...
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