Origins and Birth of the Europe of Football

Informationen zum Autor Paul Dietschy is professor of contemporary history at the université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Besançon, France). He’s a specialist of a cultural and political sport history as well as global football history studies. He has published articles and books in several languages (Bulgarian, English, French, German Italian and Portuguese). Zusammenfassung Association football is perhaps the most popular European integration form. Its history begins as soon as soccer’s internalization at the end of the 19th century continuing into the interwar period before the great achievement of UEFA and its various European Cups. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The origins and birth of ‘l’Europe du football’ 2. What is an international match? French football clubs and the earliest ‘international matches’ 3. Did a ‘Europe of Football’ Exist in the 1930s? 4. Switzerland - a stronghold in European football, 1930–1954? 5. East Germany and the Europeanisation of football 6. Turkey and the Europe of football 7. A brief moment of Latinity? France, Italy and the Latin Cup 1949–1957 8. The Balkan Cups as a vector of European integration, 1929–1994 9. The Racing Club vs. Arsenal matches, 1930–1962: A Franco-British ritual, European games or football lessons?

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dietschy, Paul (Universite De Bourgogne-Franche-Co Dietschy
• Assisted by: Paul Dietschy (Editor), Dietschy Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138698031
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69803-1
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 240 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Europe, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, history of sport, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)