| How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization | 
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Sales Rank: 8977
Category: Book
Author: Franklin Foer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Studio: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Label: Harper Perennial
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060731427
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.1
EAN: 9780060731427
ASIN: 0060731427
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
Release Date: July 5, 2005
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 A great read January 12, 2008
A great book that displays the link between soccer and culture. Sport, and its relevence to history is reflected on every page of this book. Truly a great read for those of us who like to see "the big picture" of sport, how it is influenced by, and how it influences, society
How Soccer Explains the World January 7, 2008
My 16 year old son lit up when he saw this book under the tree at Christmas (pretty good for a child who would rather do anything but read)...He is reading daily and absolutely loves it!!!! He has a list of friends and coaches waiting to read it next. A great find for any soccer player or athlete....
 There is more to soccer than meets the eye December 10, 2007
It looks like a pure and simple game but the owners, fans and players are far from simple and certainly not pure. This book may not explain as much about the world as the author claims but I doubt you will not come to view various soccer matches a bit differently. For example, you might start watching the referee's decisions in Milan and Juventus matchs like a hawk.
 Promises More than it Delivers October 31, 2007
This book ain't bad; it just promises more than it delivers. Soccer is "the game" everywhere but the United States. Over the last 30 years, though, the sport has made enormous gains in the USA, but it still trails football, basketball, and (probably) baseball in popularity, but it is no longer a foreign sport. Franklin Foer of "The New Republic" promises to offer a theory on globalization through an examination of soccer, and that is certainly a new, creative way of looking at sport. At first, he seems to be doing this. In his prologue, he states, "Everywhere you looked, it suddenly seemed, national borders and national identities had been swept into the dustbin of soccer history. the best clubs now competed against one another on a near-weekly basis in transnational tournaments like the European Champions League or Latin America's Copa Libertadores" (p. 3) Instead of getting a window on the cross-currents of international interaction, we mainly get a series of travelogues, interesting travelogues to be sure, but nothing along the lines of what the author promises. He has a moment at the end, though, when he talks about anti-soccer sentiment in the United States as being a manifestation of a phobia about globalization.
a fun read October 17, 2007
I really enjoyed going through this book. Whie I wouldn't say that it's in any way definitive, nor that I completely agree with everything, his points were well put forth and argued. And it made me think. For Americans, it's a must read to see why the rest of the world cares so much about the game and we care so little. Pick this up and explore the world of football.
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