Famous for a Time
Forgotten Giants of Canadian Sport
J
Jason Wilson R
Richard M. Reid- Two sport historians ask what the stories of Canadian athletes tell us about the narrative of Canada, looking through a lens of race and class and sexism
- For example, how Indigenous ritual Lacrosse became a team sport or the Baseball hall of famers who were descendants of escaped enslaved people or how boxing was used to stoke racial tensions
- Covers lacrosse, baseball, cricket, boxing, cycling, track and field
- Authors are both history professors at University of Guelph
Publication
2023
Pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dundurn Press
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