Thrashing seasons : sporting culture in Manitoba and the genesis of prairie wrestling /

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"C. Nathan Hatton's Thrashing Seasons tells the story of wrestling in Manitoba from its earliest documented origins in the eighteenth century, to the Great Depression. Wrestling was never merely a sport: residents of Manitoba found meaning beyond the simple act of two people struggling for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hatton, C. Nathan, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2016.
Temas:
Wrestling > Manitoba > History.
Wrestling > Social aspects > Manitoba > History.
Wrestlers > Manitoba > History.
Lutte > Manitoba > Histoire.
Lutte > Aspect social > Manitoba > Histoire.
Lutteurs > Manitoba > Histoire.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Wrestlers
Wrestling
Wrestling > Social aspects
Manitoba
Canada
HISTORY / Canada / General
SPORTS & RECREATION / History
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Before the boom : wrestling to 1896
  • Manitoba's pros : professional wrestling during the western boom, 1896-1914
  • Wrestling with ethnicity, 1896-1914
  • The "Simon Pures" : amateur wrestling to 1914
  • Grappling with the Great War, 1914-18
  • Professional wrestling's "golden age", 1919-29
  • Amateurism expands : amateur wresting in Manitoba, 1919-29
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 Manitoba amateur wrestling champions 1908-30
  • Appendix 2 Manitoba islendingadagurinn Glima Champions before 1930.

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