{"product_id":"the-struggle-for-canadian-sport-paperback-softback-9780802076649","title":"The Struggle for Canadian Sport (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802076649","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Struggle for Canadian Sport\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce Kidd (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802076649\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 May 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e323 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.512 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'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'\u003c\/p\u003e - Robin Brown (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Forum\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.'\u003c\/p\u003e - D.M. Furst (\u003cem\u003eChoice\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e - Angela Schneider (\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e'[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.'\u003c\/p\u003e - Richard V. Thomas (\u003cem\u003eSport History Review\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\u003eCanadian sports were turned on their head during the years between the world wars. The middle-class amateur men's organizations which dominated Canadian sports since the mid-nineteenth century steadily lost ground, swamped by the rise of consumer culture and badly battered and split by the depression. In \u003cem\u003eThe Struggle for Canadian Sport\u003c\/em\u003e, Bruce Kidd illuminates the complex and fractious process that produced the familiar contours of Canadian sport today – the hegemony of continental cartels like the NHL, the enormous ideological power of the media, the shadowed participation of women in sports, and the strong nationalism of the amateur Olympic sports bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKidd focuses on four major Canadian organizations of the interwar period: the Amateur Athletic Union, the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation, the Workers' Sport Association, and the National Hockey League. Each of these organizations became focal points of debate and political activity, and they often struggled with each other. Each had a radically different agenda: the AAU sought \"the making of men\" and the strengthening of English-Canadian nationalism; the WAAF promoted the health and well-being of sportswomen; the WSA was a vehicle for socialism; and the NHL was concerned with lucrative spectacles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese national organizations stimulated and steered many of the resources available for sport and contributed significantly to the expansion of opportunities. They enjoyed far more power than other Canadian cultural organizations of the period, and they attempted to manipulate both the direction and philosophy of Canadian athletics. Through their control of the rules and prestigious events and their countless interventions in the mass media, they shaped the dominant practices and coined the very language with which Canadians discussed what sports should mean. The success and outcome of each group, as well as their confrontations with one another were crucial in shaping modern Canadian sports.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Struggle for Canadian Sport\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The State of Play \u003cbr\u003e2. \"The Making of Men\" \u003cbr\u003e3. \"Girls' Sports Run by Girls\" \u003cbr\u003e4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture \u003cbr\u003e5. Brand-Name Hockey \u003cbr\u003e6. Capturing the State \u003cbr\u003e7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist Sport\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIllustration Credits \u003cbr\u003eIndex\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":52545868235032,"sku":"9780802076649","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-struggle-for-canadian-sport-paperback-softback-9780802076649","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}