num_pages: 272
description: “An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about.”— The New York Times Book Review "An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip."— The Wall Street Journal "Foer’s skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations… are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism."— The Boston Globe A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.
language: English
title: How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
titlecomplete: How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
genres: Cultural, Football, Politics, Soccer, Nonfiction, Sports, Economics, Travel, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 12548
publisher: Harper