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- PublishedOn
- 2016-10-20
- Title
- The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany
- ISBN
- 9781107649712
- EAN
- 9781107649712
- Publication Name
- People's Game : Football, State and Society in East Germany
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Features
- New Edition
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 19 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 378 Pages
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Sport in East Germany is commonly associated with the systematic doping that helped to make the country an Olympic superpower. Football played little part in this controversial story. Yet, as a hugely popular activity that was deeply entwined in the social fabric, it exerted an influence that few institutions or pursuits could match. The People's Game examines the history of football from the interrelated perspectives of star players, fans, and ordinary citizens who played for fun. Using archival sources and interviews, it reveals football's fluid role in preserving and challenging communist hegemony. By repeatedly emphasising that GDR football was part of an international story, for example, through analysis of the 1974 World Cup finals, Alan McDougall shows how sport transcended the Iron Curtain. Through a study of the mass protests against the Stasi team, BFC, during the 1980s, he reveals football's role in foreshadowing the downfall of communism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107649714
ISBN-13
9781107649712
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235023077
Product Key Features
Publication Name
People's Game : Football, State and Society in East Germany
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
378 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv944.G4
Edition Description
New Edition
Reviews
'A lively and informative history of football in the GDR from the bottom up. By employing Germany's most popular sport as a lens through which to understand the complex workings of power and people, everyday life and culture under the East German dictatorship, McDougall masterfully demonstrates the value of sport for the modern historian.' Kay Schiller, University of Durham
Table of Content
1. Introduction; 2. Football reconstructed; Part I. Players: 3. Footballers' lives; 4. The national team; 5. Club football at home and away; 6. Football and the Stasi; Part II. Fans: 7. Spectatorship in the Ulbricht era; 8. Fan culture in the Honecker era; 9. The 'wild East': hooliganism in the GDR; 10. 'Crooked champions': the BFC problem; Part III. The People's Game: 11. Football and everyday life; 12. Women's football; 13. East plays West: amateur matches across the Iron Curtain; 14. Football for all? The provision of facilities; 15. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Soccer, Europe / General, Customs & Traditions
Dewey Decimal
796.324/6409431
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
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