{"product_id":"canadas-holy-grail-lord-stanleys-political-motivation-to-donate-the-stanley-cup-paperback-softback-9781487521349","title":"Canada's Holy Grail; Lord Stanley's Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487521349","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCanada's Holy Grail\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLord Stanley's Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJordan B. Goldstein (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487521349\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages, 6 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Goldstein\u0026amp;#x2019;s research is fascinating, and his book allows readers to understand a unique part of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s history and identity. It also tells us how a trophy donated by a Governor General became an enduring symbol of the country. \u003ci\u003eCanada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Holy Grail\u003c\/i\u003e is well suited for anyone who loves hockey, Canadian history, and Canadian political thought.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Rob Alexander (\u003cem\u003eCanada's History\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup – later known as the Stanley Cup – to crown the first Canadian hockey champions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Holy Grail \u003c\/i\u003edocuments\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLord Stanley\u0026amp;#x2019;s personal politics, his desire to affect Canadian nationality and unity, and the larger transformations in Anglo-liberal political thought at the time. This book posits that the Stanley Cup fit directly within Anglo-American traditions of using sport to promote ideas of the national, and the donation of the cup occurred at a moment in history when Canadian nationalists needed identifying symbols. Jordan B. Goldstein asserts that only with a transformation in Anglo-liberal thought could the state legitimately act through culture to affect national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on primary source documentation from Lord Stanley\u0026amp;#x2019;s archives, as well as statements by politicians and hockey enthusiasts, \u003ci\u003eCanada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Holy Grail \u003c\/i\u003eintegrates political thought into the realm of sport history through the discussion of a championship trophy that still stands as one of the most well-known and recognized Canadian national symbols.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations, Maps, Photographs\u003cbr\u003eTables\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContentions, Argument, Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Method and Methodology\u003cbr\u003eContribution to the Body of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eChapters\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: The National\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Canada 1888\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Affairs: Expansion and Consolidation\u003cbr\u003eForeign Affairs: Sovereignty and Dependence\u003cbr\u003eIdeological Battle\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Enshrining the National\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot a True Nation\u003cbr\u003eThe Genesis of Nationalized Sport in Great Britain\u003cbr\u003eNationalized Sport in the United States\u003cbr\u003eThe Mixed Political Heritage of Confederation \u003cbr\u003eBritish Origins of Canadian Sport\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Permutation of Canadian Sport  \u003cbr\u003eCanadian Nationalized Sport\u003cbr\u003eNineteenth-Century Political Thought and the Evolution of Nationalized Sport\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: The Personal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. An Honoured Member of Parliament\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Life of Frederick Arthur Stanley\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of the 14th Earl of Derby\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Frederick Stanley: Practical Governance\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Frederick Stanley: Emergent Progressivism\u003cbr\u003eTowards a New Liberalism\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Overseeing the Crown Dominion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLord Stanley\u0026amp;#x2019;s Governance in Canada\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Governance\u003cbr\u003eInternational Governance\u003cbr\u003eCanadian Travels\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of Sport\u003cbr\u003eSport and the Stanley Family\u003cbr\u003eStanley and Canadian Sports\u003cbr\u003eThe Stanley Family and Winter Sport\u003cbr\u003eDefining the National\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: The International\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. What Does It Mean to Be Canadian?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebates over Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Future\u003cbr\u003eCanada First and the Birth of Canadian Nationality\u003cbr\u003eUnlimited Reciprocity, Continental Union, and Annexation\u003cbr\u003eWilfrid Laurier and Unrestricted Reciprocity\u003cbr\u003eProtectionism, Imperialism, and Progressivism\u003cbr\u003eFederal Election of 1891\u003cbr\u003eStanley\u0026amp;#x2019;s Position \u003cbr\u003eThe Use of Sport to Promote National Identity\u003cbr\u003eImperial Federation and Progressivism\u003cbr\u003eSport in the Promotion of Imperial Connection\u003cbr\u003eThe Place of Ice Hockey\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of the Stanley Cup\u003cbr\u003eCanada is a British Nation\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. National Sport, the State, and Political Thought\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Revolution \u003cbr\u003eLord Stanley and Canada \u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Sources\u003cbr\u003eLiterature Review\u003cbr\u003eSources of Note\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003ePrimary Sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702058447128,"sku":"9781487521349","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/canadas-holy-grail-lord-stanleys-political-motivation-to-donate-the-stanley-cup-paperback-softback-9781487521349","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}