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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 va...

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Other Authors: Piercey, Nicholas, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press 2016
2016.
Series:Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421998706719
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) : colour illustrations, maps (some colour)
Also available in print form
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
ISBN:9781910634790