The World's Game Is Not Just a Game. / Simon Kuper.
by Kuper, Simon; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 51Institutions. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Globalization | International relations | Soccer | Sports -- Political aspects | World Cup (Soccer) | World politicsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The sport, which in the U.S. is chiefly a placid entertainment for children, arouses in the rest of the world collective passions that are matched by nothing short of war. And unlike any other sport--indeed, unlike almost any cultural phenomenon--soccer is distinguished by its political malleability." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article discusses the mass worldwide appeal of soccer and its global impact.
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Originally Published: The World's Game Is Not Just a Game, May 26, 2002; pp. 36-39.
"The sport, which in the U.S. is chiefly a placid entertainment for children, arouses in the rest of the world collective passions that are matched by nothing short of war. And unlike any other sport--indeed, unlike almost any cultural phenomenon--soccer is distinguished by its political malleability." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article discusses the mass worldwide appeal of soccer and its global impact.
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