| Edition |
First electronic edition, 2012. |
| Description |
1 online resource (553 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sports as cultural identity -- From Indigenous games to cities of champions : a basic chronology -- Fencing the fields : organizing principles and social order -- "The West has made fairly good headway" : core summer team sports -- "Love and hometown glory" : core winter team sports -- Sport and the single athlete : mavericks, knights, and knickerbockers -- "A vain shadow" : fitness, discipline, and social control -- "Red-blooded sports" and "masculine facsimiles" : gender and sexuality -- A "great slaughter on the field" : aggression, risk, and high performance -- "The rain upon our senses" : sport, the mass media, and marketing -- Getting on the map : sport raises the rafters. |
| Summary |
Patterns and layers of sport history emerge as almost-forgotten stories of Alberta's marginalized populations surface. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects -- Alberta -- History.
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Sports -- Social aspects. |
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Alberta. |
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History. |
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Sports. |
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Sports -- Alberta -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version:Wall, Karen L. (Karen Linda), 1955- Game plan. 1st ed. Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2012. (CaOONL)20129026743 |
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Print version:Wall, Karen L. (Karen Linda), 1955-, author. Game plan. First edition, first printing, 2012. First electronic edition, 2012. (CaOONL)20150027362 |
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Print version:Wall, Karen L. (Karen Linda), 1955-, author. Game plan. First edition, first printing, 2012. First electronic edition, 2012. (CaOONL)20150027370 |
| ISBN |
9780888646569 (electronic book) |
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0888646569 (electronic book) |
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9780888647801 |
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0888647808 |
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9780888646576 |
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0888646577 |
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9780888645944 |
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0888645945 |
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