Canada's Game
Hockey and Identity
Will be published approx. on 9. September 2009
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-7735-3597-8 (ISBN)
Description
Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses
Reviews / Votes
Canada's Game deals both critically and sympathetically with hockey's important place in Canadian cultural life, and helps to explain why - in addition to the nostalgic myth-making that surrounds the game - hockey is so important to so many Canadians. There is no other book out there that captures the complexity of hockey's historical and contemporary reach." Colin Howell, St. Mary's University "Holman's introduction is gracefully written and provides one the best essays on hockey and the Canadian identity. Drawing on literature, history, and economics, and covering a wide-range of hockey-related subjects, the various collected essays are interesting and original contributions to the growing scholarship on hockey." David J. Whitson, University of AlbertaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3597-8 (9780773535978)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2009
1st Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€23.49
Available for download
Person
Andrew C. Holman is professor of history and Canadian Studies at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.