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Sport in Canada

A History

by (author) Don Morrow & Kevin B. Wamsley

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199021574
    Publish Date
    Dec 2016
    List Price
    $109.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195431155
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $65.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195446722
    Publish Date
    Feb 2013
    List Price
    $76.95

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Description

The second edition of Sport in Canada: A History examines the place of sports and games in Canadian life, mainly from a historical perspective, but also in view of contemporary society. Chapters explore how people have related to one another through sports, games, and pastimes throughoutCanada's history. Assessing the broader social context within which particular sports emerged or disappeared and the forces that have shaped them, Sport in Canada is an indispensible volume for those studying the history of sport in this country.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Don Morrow, Professor, teaches in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Kinesiology, at the University of Western Ontario. His research pertains to the historical study of Canadian sport from a cultural and theoretical perspective, Canadian sport in the Olympic Games, and sport andgender issues. Currently, Don is an editor for the Sports History Review.Kevin B. Wamsley, Associate Professor, is head of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Kevin studies the influence of the modern Olympic Games on twenty-first century culture and specific areas of Canadian sport history. His sub-disciplinary areasinclude the influence of sport on the organization of gender relations, the politics of hosting the Olympic Games, violence in popular culture, and Aboriginal sports and games.

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