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How Football Explains the World

Paperback • 2006 • English

How Football Explains the World

By Franklin Foer

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About the book

What in the world has the power to liberate women in Iran while provoking antagonism between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland, to lure Nigerians to the cold of the Ukraine while heating up class warfare in the US heartlands, and both profit local gangsters and create local - and international - celebrities? Foer presents an unexpected, uniquely revealing tour of the politics and culture of football from Milan to Tehran. He examines the game's role in sustaining ancient hatreds and rivalries...Show more

Sports training and coaching
Football variants and related games

Book details

ISBN

9780099492269

Publisher

Arrow Books Ltd

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

How Football Explains the World

Format

Paperback

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