Four Histories about Early Dutch Football, 1910-1920 : Constructing Discourses

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: London : UCL Press, 2016Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • computer
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  • 9781910634790
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Constructing research: in place of an introduction -- Constructing grounds: spatial change in Rotterdam and Amsterdam -- Constructing narratives: football club members in Rotterdam in 1914 -- Constructing football discourses: the media and early Dutch football -- Constructing history: the diaries of Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, 1914-1918.
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.
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Constructing research: in place of an introduction -- Constructing grounds: spatial change in Rotterdam and Amsterdam -- Constructing narratives: football club members in Rotterdam in 1914 -- Constructing football discourses: the media and early Dutch football -- Constructing history: the diaries of Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, 1914-1918.

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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.

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