| Description |
1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. Focusing on civic holiday celebrations, the establishment of organized clubs for cricket, baseball, and lacrosse, and the rise of spirited urban sports rivalries, Bouchier shows that small towns did much more than mimic the sporting life of Canada's major urban centres."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Ingersoll -- History -- 19th century.
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Sports -- Social aspects. |
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Ontario -- Ingersoll. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Sports. |
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Sports -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Woodstock -- History -- 19th century.
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Ontario -- Woodstock. |
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Ingersoll (Ont.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Woodstock (Ont.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bouchier, Nancy Barbara, 1958- For the love of the game. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2003501348 |
| ISBN |
9780773570702 (electronic book) |
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0773570705 (electronic book) |
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0773524568 |
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9780773524569 |
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