
Famous for a Time
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- 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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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.
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