The World through Soccer
The World through Soccer
The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
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Bar-On, Tamir.
The world through soccer : the cultural impact of a global sport / Tamir Bar-On.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4422-3473-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3474-1 (ebook)
1. Soccer—Social aspects. 2. Sports and globalization. I. Title.
GV943.9.S64B37 2014
796.334—dc23
2013049800
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