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

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 va...

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Main Author: Piercey, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.