Artificial ice : hockey, cultural and commerce /

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Imprint:Toronto, ON. : Braodview Press, 2006.
Description:xi, 283 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Hockey -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Hockey -- Economic aspects -- Canada.
Hockey -- Economic aspects.
Hockey -- Social aspects.
Canada.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6009901
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Other authors / contributors:Whitson, David, 1945-
Gruneau, Richard S., 1948-
ISBN:1551930552
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Whose sweater is this? : the changing meanings of hockey in Quebec / Jean Harvey
  • Ch. 2. Selective memory in a global culture : reconsidering links between youth, hockey, and Canadian identity / Brian Wilson
  • Ch. 3. The games of whose lives? : gender, race, and entitlement in Canada's "national" game / Mary Louise Adams
  • Ch. 4. Women's hockey in Canada : after the "gold rush" / Julie Stevens
  • Ch. 5. Hockey Canada and the bodychecking debate in minor hockey / Michael Robidoux and Pierre Trudel
  • Ch. 6. Racialization and hockey in Canada : from personal troubles to a Canadian challenge / Robert Pitter
  • Ch. 7. Playing with the big boys : smaller markets, competitive balance, and the hope for a championship team / Mark Rosentraub
  • Ch. 8. Hockey night in the United States? : the NHL, major league sports, and the evolving television/media marketplace / Robert Bellamy and Kelly Shultz
  • Ch. 9. Expanding the footprint? : questioning the NHL's expansion and relocation strategy / Dan Mason
  • Ch. 10. From Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre : the downtown entertainment economy in "world class" Toronto / John Hannigan
  • Ch. 11. Have skates, will travel : Canada, international hockey, and the changing hockey labour market / Hart Cantelon
  • Ch. 12. Globalization in professional sport : comparisons and contrasts between hockey and European football / Julian Ammirante.