In this Book
- Four Histories about Early Dutch Football, 1910-1920: Constructing Discourses
- 2016
- Book
- Published by: University College London
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
summary
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.
Using early Dutch football as a field for experimental thinking about the past, the four histories offer new insights into the lives, interests and passions of those connected to the sport in the 1910s and the cities they lived in. How did the First World War impact on Dutch football? Were new stadia a form of social control? Is the spread of the beautiful game really a good thing? And why was one of the sport’s most prominent figures more concerned with potatoes? These stories of early Dutch football suggest how vital sport and history can be in shaping our lives, perceptions and actions, and why we need to challenge the influence they have today.
Table of Contents
- Half Title page
- pp. i-ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Copyright page
- p. iv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. vi-vii
- Table of Contents
- p. ix
- List of abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- List of Clubs
- pp. xiii-xv
- A note on images
- p. xvi
- Street names and organisations
- pp. xvii-xviii
- References
- pp. 195-203
Additional Information
ISBN
9781910634790
Related ISBN(s)
9781910634783
MARC Record
OCLC
960164195
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-19
Language
English
Open Access
Yes