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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149352303321

Autore

Piercey Nicholas

Titolo

Four histories about early Dutch football, 1910-1920 : constructing discourese / / Nicholas Piercey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-910634-79-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) : colour illustrations, maps (some colour)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

907.2

796.33409492

Soggetti

Soccer - Netherlands - History

History - Methodology

History - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Constructing research: in place of an introduction -- 2. Constructing grounds: spatial change in Rotterdam and Amsterdam -- 3. Constructing narratives: football club members in Rotterdam in 1914 -- 4. Constructing football discourses: the media and early Dutch football -- 5. Constructing history: the diaries of Cornelis Johannes Karel vanAalst, 1914-1918.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the purpose of history today, and how can sporting research help us understand the world around us? In this stimulating book, Nicholas Piercey constructs four new histories of early Dutch football, exploring urban change, club members, the media, and the diaries of Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, a stadium director, to propose practical examples of how history can become an important democratic tool for the 21st century.