Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport''s pre-eminent place in our contemporary consumer-oriented culture, and the sometimes ambivalent contribution ...
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport''s pre-eminent place in our contemporary consumer-oriented culture, and the sometimes ambivalent contribution ...