Author : Karen L. Wall
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0888646577
Book Description
How deep is the importance and influence of organized sports in Alberta? Discover key episodes and players in the history of Alberta's organized sports and read how sport shaped the lives of individuals as well as of communities of indigenous people, settlers, and immigrants. Read new perspectives on well-known sports stories along with tales of lesser-known games that remained on the margins of most histories for reasons of race, class, and gender. Whether a spectator, supporter, scholar, or fan, readers will be informed and delighted by the research contained in this sport history.