Jason Wilson, Richard M. Reid

Famous for a Time (eBook, ePUB)

Forgotten Giants of Canadian Sport

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• Two sport historians ask what the stories of Canadian athletes tell us about the narrative of Canada, looking through a lens of race and class and sexism
• For example, how Indigenous ritual Lacrosse became a team sport or the Baseball hall of famers who were descendants of escaped enslaved people or how boxing was used to stoke racial tensions
• Covers lacrosse, baseball, cricket, boxing, cycling, track and field
• Authors are both history professors at University of Guelph

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459749979
• Artikelnr.: 65989610

Autorenporträt

Jason Wilson is a bestselling Canadian historian and a two-time Juno Award nominated musician. An adjunct professor of history at the University of Guelph, Dr. Wilson has six books to his name and resides in Stouffville, Ontario.

Richard M. Reid is a professor emeritus at the University of Guelph. He is the author of several books including the C.P. Stacy Award-winning African Canadians in Union Blue. He resides in Guelph, Ontario.