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Sports & Recreation History

Coast to Coast

Hockey in Canada to the Second World War

edited by John Chi-Kit Wong

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2009
Category
History, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802097781
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $96.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802095329
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442697317
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442697966
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $84.00

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Description

As an institution that helps bind Canadians to an imagined community, hockey has long been associated with an essential Canadian identity. However, this reductionism ignores the ways Canadians consume hockey differently based on their socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity, and location. Moreover, Canadian culture is not static, and hockey's place in it has evolved and changed.

In Coast to Coast, a wide range of contributors examine the historical development of hockey across Canada, in both rural and urban settings, to ask how ideas about hockey have changed. Conceptually broad, the essays explore identity formation by investigating what hockey meant to Canadians from the nineteenth century to the Second World War, as well as the role of government, entrepreneurs, and voluntary associations in supporting and promoting the game. Coast to Coast is an intriguing look at the development of a national sport, a must-read for hockey fans and historians alike.

About the author

John Chi-Kit Wong is an assistant professor in the Sport Management Program at Washington State University.

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