For the love of the game : amateur sport in small-town Ontario, 1838-1895 /

"Exploring the complex issues of class and gender relations, community-building, and sport reform, For the Love of the Game analyses how local culture shapes the meanings of sport and examines the tensions created when athletes and sports teams become important symbols for the community. Focusi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bouchier, Nancy Barbara, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Temas:
1800-1899
Sports > Social aspects > Ontario > Ingersoll > History > 19th century.
Sports > Social aspects > Ontario > Woodstock > History > 19th century.
Sports > Aspect social > Ontario > Ingersoll > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sports > Aspect social > Ontario > Woodstock > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Manners and customs.
Sports > Social aspects.
Ingersoll (Ont.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Woodstock (Ont.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Ingersoll (Ont.) > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Woodstock (Ont.) > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Ontario > Ingersoll.
Ontario > Woodstock.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tory elites to middle-class men: changing political, economic, and social landscapes
  • The 24th of May is the Queen's birthday: civil holidays, locality, and sport
  • From holidays to every day: the amateur ascendancy in local sport
  • Cricket and local culture: from centre stage to the margins
  • Baseball, boosters, and the amateur not-for-profit apprach to community sport
  • Lacrosse: idealized middle-class sport for youth
  • A respectable man's world: amateurism and local culture.

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