The Struggle for Canadian Sport

by Bruce Kidd

Overview

In this book, Bruce Kidd illuminates the complex and fractious process that produced the familiar contours of Canadian sport today - the hegemony of continental cartels such as the NHL, the enormous ideological power of the media, the overshadowed participation of women in sports, and the strong nationalism of the amateur Olympic sports bodies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487516857
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	06/22/2017
Series:	The Canada 150 Collection
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	323
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Bruce Kidd is a former Olympic athlete and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. He has been a lifelong advocate of human rights and has worked with local, national, and international bodies to advance opportunities for athletes. He is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto and currently serves as U of T ombudsperson.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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

Editorial Reviews

Examines the rise of professional, commercial sports in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the people who influenced the national institutions and policies. Does not include sports such as baseball and football that, however popular on the local level, never established a nation-wide presence. Discusses women's sports and the efforts of worker and communist organizations. Hockey of course wins an entire chapter. A sizeable gallery of period photographs is also provided. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Canadian card order number: C95-933273- 1. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'

—Robin Brown, Canadian Forum

'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

'[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

From the Publisher

'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.'

The Globe and Mail - Angela Schneider

'[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.'

Sport History Review - Richard V. Thomas

'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.'

Choice - D.M. Furst

'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'

Canadian Forum - Robin Brown