Tag: Marco Impiglia

This special issue of Soccer & Society is edited by independent historian Conor Curran and takes a pan-European approach in examining the game’s role within schools in seven European nations from the late 1800s until the early twenty-first century, including the homes to the ‘Big Five’ European leagues – England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Introduction: soccer’s growth and development in schools in Europe: a history by Conor Curran (open access).

In the anthology European Football During the Second World War: Training and Entertainment, Ideology and Propaganda by Markwart Herzog and Fabian Brändle, an international team of authors examines the development of football during the Second World War in a dozen European states. Our reviewer is Alon K. Raab, who finds the book comprehensive and important.

Ett nyligt gräv bland gamla recensionsböcker frambringade vad som närmast får betraktas som ett fotbollshistoriskt fynd. 2014 utgavs The FIFA World Cup 1930–2010: Politics, Commerce, Spectacle and Identities, sammanställd av Stefan Rinke & Kay Schiller (Wallstein Verlag). Birger Hedén hade turen att få recensionsexemplaret av boken, och han använde det väl.

Annika Eliasson Fil dr, Malmö HögskolaI antologin European Cultures in Sport gör ett dussintal europeiska sporthistoriker en genomgång i form av fallstudier av idrottens (i ordets bredaste...