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A Night at the Gardens
Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto
Price:
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487547080
Pub Date: May 2023
A Night at the Gardens examines the history of hockey through the experiences of spectators at the famed Maple Leaf Gardens.
Canada's Holy Grail
Lord Stanley’s Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup
Price:
$35.95
ISBN: 9781487521349
Pub Date: October 2021
Canada’s Holy Grail investigates the political motivations of Lord Stanley and sheds light on the Stanley Cup as a symbol of Canadian unity.
A Runner’s Journey
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487541040
Pub Date: September 2021
In this autobiography of a former Olympian and leader in sport history, Bruce Kidd details why sports are important to him, what he’s learned from them, and why he continues to fight to make them more equitable.
Contested Fields
A Global History of Modern Football
Price:
$30.95
ISBN: 9781487594565
Pub Date: February 2020
Interrogating the costs and benefits of the game’s controversial path to global pre-eminence, Contested Fields shows how and why football matters in the modern world – as part of the social fabric and as a site of political power and resistance.
Canoe and Canvas
Life at the Encampments of the American Canoe Association, 1880−1910
Price:
$74.00
ISBN: 9781487504762
Pub Date: September 2019
Canoe and Canvas is a close reading of the annual meetings and encampments of the American Canoe Association between 1880 and 1910.
The Struggle for Canadian Sport
Price:
$43.95
ISBN: 9781487522315
Pub Date: May 2017
The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.
The Girl and the Game
A History of Women's Sport in Canada, Second Edition
Price:
$45.95
ISBN: 9781442634121
Pub Date: May 2016
In the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport and ends with a new chapter tying today's trends and issues in Canadian women's sport to their origins in the past.
Playing for Change
The Continuing Struggle for Sport and Recreation
Price:
$60.00
ISBN: 9781442628205
Pub Date: December 2015
This book provides wide-ranging examples of cutting-edge research in sports studies.
The Montreal Canadiens
Rethinking a Legend
Price:
$32.95
ISBN: 9781442626331
Pub Date: August 2015
Featuring a wide range of writing on Le Grand Club and its social significance, the book offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on one of Canada’s greatest sports teams.
More than Just Games
Canada and the 1936 Olympics
Price:
$40.95
ISBN: 9781442626904
Pub Date: May 2015
More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Second World War.
Coast to Coast
Hockey in Canada to the Second World War
Price:
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802095329
Pub Date: July 2009
In Coast to Coast, a wide range of contributors examine the historical development of hockey across Canada, in both rural and urban settings, to ask how ideas about hockey have changed.
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
Price:
$38.95
ISBN: 9780802082480
Pub Date: May 2001
A look at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition.
The Detroit Tigers
Club and Community, 1945-1995
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9780802079039
Pub Date: March 1997
A vivid portrait of a team, a sport and its far-reaching influence. The Detroit Tigers are a curious reflection of America's post-war urban society and this book illustrates the inextricable links between this team and its hometown.
The Struggle for Canadian Sport
Price:
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802076649
Pub Date: May 1996
The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.
Hockey Night in Canada
Sports, Identities, and Cultural Politics
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9780920059050
Pub Date: January 1994
Hockey Night in Canada will appeal to all readers interested in the wider implications of sport in our society.

A Night at the Gardens
Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487547080
Pub Date: May 2023
A Night at the Gardens examines the history of hockey through the experiences of spectators at the famed Maple Leaf Gardens.
Canada's Holy Grail
Lord Stanley’s Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup
$35.95
ISBN: 9781487521349
Pub Date: October 2021
Canada’s Holy Grail investigates the political motivations of Lord Stanley and sheds light on the Stanley Cup as a symbol of Canadian unity.
A Runner’s Journey
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487541040
Pub Date: September 2021
In this autobiography of a former Olympian and leader in sport history, Bruce Kidd details why sports are important to him, what he’s learned from them, and why he continues to fight to make them more equitable.
Contested Fields
A Global History of Modern Football
$30.95
ISBN: 9781487594565
Pub Date: February 2020
Interrogating the costs and benefits of the game’s controversial path to global pre-eminence, Contested Fields shows how and why football matters in the modern world – as part of the social fabric and as a site of political power and resistance.
Canoe and Canvas
Life at the Encampments of the American Canoe Association, 1880−1910
$74.00
ISBN: 9781487504762
Pub Date: September 2019
Canoe and Canvas is a close reading of the annual meetings and encampments of the American Canoe Association between 1880 and 1910.
The Struggle for Canadian Sport
$43.95
ISBN: 9781487522315
Pub Date: May 2017
The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.
The Girl and the Game
A History of Women's Sport in Canada, Second Edition
$45.95
ISBN: 9781442634121
Pub Date: May 2016
In the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport and ends with a new chapter tying today's trends and issues in Canadian women's sport to their origins in the past.
Playing for Change
The Continuing Struggle for Sport and Recreation
$60.00
ISBN: 9781442628205
Pub Date: December 2015
This book provides wide-ranging examples of cutting-edge research in sports studies.
The Montreal Canadiens
Rethinking a Legend
$32.95
ISBN: 9781442626331
Pub Date: August 2015
Featuring a wide range of writing on Le Grand Club and its social significance, the book offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on one of Canada’s greatest sports teams.
More than Just Games
Canada and the 1936 Olympics
$40.95
ISBN: 9781442626904
Pub Date: May 2015
More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Second World War.
Coast to Coast
Hockey in Canada to the Second World War
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802095329
Pub Date: July 2009
In Coast to Coast, a wide range of contributors examine the historical development of hockey across Canada, in both rural and urban settings, to ask how ideas about hockey have changed.
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
$38.95
ISBN: 9780802082480
Pub Date: May 2001
A look at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition.
The Detroit Tigers
Club and Community, 1945-1995
$49.95
ISBN: 9780802079039
Pub Date: March 1997
A vivid portrait of a team, a sport and its far-reaching influence. The Detroit Tigers are a curious reflection of America's post-war urban society and this book illustrates the inextricable links between this team and its hometown.
The Struggle for Canadian Sport
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802076649
Pub Date: May 1996
The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.
Hockey Night in Canada
Sports, Identities, and Cultural Politics
$31.95
ISBN: 9780920059050
Pub Date: January 1994
Hockey Night in Canada will appeal to all readers interested in the wider implications of sport in our society.