Beschreibung:
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.
List of figures and tables List of abbreviations List of clubs A note on images Street names and organisations 1. Constructing research: in place of an introduction2. Constructing grounds: spatial change in Rotterdam and Amsterdam3. Constructing narratives: football club members in Rotterdam in 19144. Constructing football discourses: the media and early Dutch football 5. Constructing history: the diaries of Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, 1914-1918 Epilogue Notes References Appendix Index