How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Franklin Foer (e books free to read .txt) 📖

European, 13–15

Theresienstadt camp, 75–77

Scottish, 36–37, 40–43

top hats. See Brazilian top hats

Tottenham club, 77–80, 109

women, Iranian, 217–21

tribalism. See nationalism

World Cup, 119, 122, 123, 147, 219,

Tudjman, Franjo, 15–16

221, 230, 233, 240–41

Ukrainian immigrant players,

Yids (Yiddoes), 78–80

141–66

Yugoslavia, 12, 15, 18–19. See

Edward Anyamkyegh, 141, 143,

also Croatia; Serbian

144–49, 152–53, 158–59,

violence

161–62

yuppie culture, 235–38, 246–48

coach Ivan Golac and, 162–64

globalization and, 141–44

Zanetti, Javier, 189–92

Karpaty Lviv club and, 149–53

Zionism. See Jewish soccer

racism toward, 153–58, 165–66

zurkhaneh, Iranian, 232 About the Author

Franklin Foer is the editor of The New Republic.

He is a contributing editor at New York magazine, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic Monthly, Slate, Foreign Policy, and Spin. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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PRAISE FOR

How Soccer Explains the World

“Absorbing. . . . Vividly reported. . . . Foer’s ample documentation of the thorough, and occasionally ludicrous, entanglement of sports, politics, and culture in the rest of the world is stunning.”

— San Francisco Chronicle

“A riveting analysis of soccer’s struggle to come to terms with the forces of free trade, multinational brands, and cultural imperialism. . . . When it comes to writing about the sport, Foer is world-class.”

— Newsweek

“An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip.”

— Wall Street Journal

“Mixing reporting, geopolitical analysis, and anthropol-ogy, Foer explains the inexorable power of fútbol. His far-flung adventure introduces us to fascinating characters.”

— Sports Illustrated

“Foer is an accomplished journalist. His sketches of historical background are deftly done. His skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations, many of them based on interviews, are comparable to those in Norman Mailer’s journalism.”

— Boston Globe

“The ironic title is certainly audacious, but this book does not disappoint. . . . Each chapter is a small journalistic masterpiece.”

— Library Journal

“Foer picks ten different stories, each of which is fascinating and teaches us something small but important. . . .

Mr. Foer is a terrific storyteller, with sharp eyes and a charming, ironic tone.”

— New York Sun

“Sensational. . . . The smartest sports book of the summer.”

—ESPN.com

“Fascinating. . . . Foer scores a game-winning goal with this analysis of the interchange between soccer and the new global economy. . . . One doesn’t have to be a soccer fan to truly appreciate this absorbing book.”

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Foer’s formidable prose only reinforces his central premise. So, soccer might not explain it all, but it can serve as a starting point for understanding shifts in global economies, politics, and religion, as we fall toward an ever-shrinking world.” — Portland Oregonian

“Funny and terrifying. . . . Several chapters stand alone as surgical strikes of intelligent reporting. . . . Franklin Foer is that rare thing: a homegrown soccer pundit.”

— Mother Jones

“Franklin Foer has mapped, delightfully, the ways in which soccer’s emerging international brands and symbols clash with stubborn local tribalisms. . . . Artfully told. . . . Foer’s book is horrifying and terrific.”

— Washington Monthly

“An excellent book. . . . Wonderfully conceived. . . .

Evenhanded and well reported, it’s written in a crisp and engaging style that will hook even readers who have no idea how the ‘beautiful game’ is played.”

— Booklist

“Lively and provocative. . . . A novel look at how the world is everywhere becoming more alike, and everywhere more different, as people seek to define themselves through soccer. . . . Unfailingly interesting.”

— Kirkus Reviews

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Document Outline

Title Page

Dedication Page

Contents

Prologue

Chapter One: How Soccer Explains the Gangster’s Paradise

Chapter Two: How Soccer Explains the Pornography of Sects

Chapter Three: How Soccer Explains the Jewish Question

Chapter Four: How Soccer Explains the Sentimental Hooligan

Chapter Five: How Soccer Explains the Survival of the Top Hats

Chapter Six: How Soccer Explains the Black Carpathians

Chapter Seven: How Soccer Explains the New Oligarchs

Chapter Eight: How Soccer Explains the Discreet Charm of Bourgeois Nationalism

Chapter Nine: How Soccer Explains Islam’s Hope

Chapter Ten: How Soccer Explains the American Culture Wars

Note on Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Praise

Credits

Copyright Notice

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