02283 am 22004813u 450 991014935230332120221206101310.01-910634-79-4(CKB)4340000000014877(OCoLC)960164195(EXLCZ)99434000000001487720161107h20162016 uy 0engurmn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFour histories about early Dutch football, 1910-1920 constructing discourese /Nicholas PierceyLondon :UCL Press,2016.©20161 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) colour illustrations, maps (some colour)Open Access e-BooksKnowledge UnlatchedPrint version: 9781910634776 Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.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.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.SoccerNetherlandsHistoryHistoryMethodologyHistoryPolitical aspectsSoccerHistory.HistoryMethodology.HistoryPolitical aspects.907.2796.33409492Piercey Nicholas955226AuAdUSAAuAdUSAUkMaJRUBOOK9910149352303321Four histories about early Dutch football, 1910-19202160687UNINA