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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.' -- D.M. Furst Choice 'Kidd's book reflects not only one of the best understandings of Canadian sport history that I know, but the passion of the man. Bruce Kidd is not just a social historian of sport, but a sportsman, an activist and a reformer, and it shows in his writing.' -- Angela Schneider The Globe and Mail 'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.' -- Robin Brown Canadian Forum '[The Struggle for Canadian Sport] is a book that can be readily recommended to historians of Canadian sport and society, as well as to anyone with even a purely general interest in either of these areas.' -- Richard V. Thomas Sport History Review
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The State of Play 2. "The Making of Men" 3. "Girls' Sports Run by Girls" 4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture 5. Brand-Name Hockey 6. Capturing the State 7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist Sport Notes Illustration Credits Index
