Football Nation

2022-10-14 History

Author : Rebeccah Dawson
Release : 2022-10-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 827/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Football Nation by : Rebeccah Dawson

Download or read book Football Nation written by Rebeccah Dawson. This book was released on 2022-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, the impact of football on Germany has been manifold, influencing the arts, political debates, and even contributing to the construction of cultural memories and national narratives. Football Nation analyses the game’s fluid role in shaping and reflecting German society, and spans its focus on modern German history, from the Wilhelmine era to the early 21st century. Expounding on topics of gender, class, fandom, spectatorship, antisemitism, nationalism, and internationalism, a diverse group of interdisciplinary scholars offer a novel approach to understanding the many influences of football throughout its extensive history which until recently has only been available to a German-speaking readership.

Football Nation

2009-08-03 History

Author : Andrew Ward
Release : 2009-08-03
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 526/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Football Nation written by Andrew Ward. This book was released on 2009-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football is at the heart of British national identity, intrinsically linked to our social history. Through more than forty fascinating stories Football Nation reveals the hidden and not-so-hidden history of the game since 1945. From the mass audiences of austerity Britain and the introduction of floodlights at Accrington Stanley in the 1950s, through the escalating hooliganism of the 1970s and the arrival of the first all-seater stadium at Coventry in the 1980s, to the Hillsborough disaster and the coming of the Premiership, Andrew Ward and John Williams reveal the truth about the national game as it was once and is today in the age of satellite TV, celebrity lifestyle and extreme wealth. Looking back at the days when footballers were amateurs who travelled to the match with the fans, right through to the present day where top-flight players command a higher weekly wage than the average spectator can earn in a year, Football Nation is informed, wryly amusing, often surprising and always vastly entertaining. It offers an entirely fresh perspective on the history of the beautiful game in Britain.

Football Nation

2013-10-08 Sports & Recreation

Author : Library of Congress
Release : 2013-10-08
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 622/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Football Nation written by Library of Congress. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the history of football from the colonial days to today's professional and college games, in a work that includes memorabilia, cartoons, photographs, and other images that chronicle the sport's cultural and social influence.

The Opening Kickoff

2014-07-29 Sports & Recreation

Author : Dave Revsine
Release : 2014-07-29
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Opening Kickoff written by Dave Revsine. This book was released on 2014-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s America’s most popular sport, played by thousands, watched by millions, and generating billions in revenues every year. It’s also America’s most controversial sport, haunted by the specter of life-threatening injuries and plagued by scandal, even among its most venerable personalities and institutions. At the college level, we often tie football’s tales of corruption and greed to its current popularity and revenue potential, and we have vague notions of a halcyon time--before the new College Football Playoff, power conferences, and huge TV contracts. Perhaps we conjure images of young Ivy Leaguers playing a gentleman’s game, exemplifying the collegial in collegiate. What we don’t imagine is a game described in 1905, not today, as "a social obsession--this boy-killing, man-mutillating, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport." In The Opening Kickoff, Dave Revsine tells the riveting story of the formative period of American football (1890-1915). It was a time that saw the game’s meteoric rise, fueled by overflow crowds, breathless newspaper coverage and newfound superstars—including one of the most thrilling and mysterious the sport has ever seen. But it was also a period racked by controversy in academics, recruiting, and physical brutality that, in combination, threatened football’s very existence. A vivid storyteller, Revsine brings it all to life in a captivating narrative.

Ingerland

2008-05-06 National characteristics, English

Author : Mark Perryman
Release : 2008-05-06
Genre : National characteristics, English
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Book Rating : 678/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ingerland written by Mark Perryman. This book was released on 2008-05-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The England Supporters Club boasts more members than those of several other European nations combined, many of whom travel to every England away game. And while young working-class white men still make up the majority of fans, the hooligans of the 1970s and 80s are today much more likely to be singing and chanting alongside black, Asian and female supporters, and the conduct -- not to mention the reputation -- of England supporters abroad has changed out of all recognition in recent years. Both celebration and exploration, Ingerland is a thought-provoking and evocative insight into what inspires the devotion of the England football fan. Packed with interviews with England supporters of all ages and backgrounds, each of whom gives their own individual voice to the debate, this is both a fascinating social document and a passionate personal testament to our national game.

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