Sport and Recreation in Canadian History

Carly Adams

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN:
  9781492599203
• Print ISBN:
  9781492569497
• Edition: 1

Serving as a foundation for critical discussion about the importance of the past, Sport and Recreation in Canadian History covers the historical events, people, and moments that shape Canadian sport in the present and future. While this text focuses on sport and recreation practices on these lands now claimed by Canada, it is set within a larger historical context of interconnecting social and cultural practices to speak to the sustained tensions, complexities, and contradictions prevalent in Canadian society.

The editor, Dr. Carly Adams, and her 17 contributing experts from across Canada bring the latest research in all areas of Canadian sport history to life and present a thorough look at the nation’s past events. The text challenges the dominant narratives and encourages students to think critically about Canadian sport history. It examines how gender, ethnicity, race, religion, ability, class, and other systems of oppression and privilege have shaped sport and recreation practices, with Canadian sporting culture reproducing many of the same oppressive systems that exist on the larger scale.

Sport and Recreation in Canadian History separates itself from its competitors by providing an abundance of pedagogical aids. Sidebars highlighting prominent people provide glimpses of figures who made a significant impact on Canadian sport history. Transformative Moment sidebars focus on significant events as they relate to specific themes, such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, or ability. A comprehensive timeline showcases where important events fell in relation to one another, while the text acknowledges the problem of presenting history in a linear way and provides a more nuanced discussion of time. Descriptions of primary source documents—such as newspaper articles, photographs, and historical documents—are accompanied by explanations of how sport historians work with these documents.

Sport and Recreation in Canadian History asks readers to think differently about the history of Canadian sport, and it examines how past people, moments, and events continue to shape 21st-century sport.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Timeline
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Sport and Recreation Histories Matter
• Chapter 2. Methods and Theories in Historical Research
• Chapter 3. Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures and Physical Activities
• Chapter 4. Case Studies of Indigenous Sport
• Chapter 5. Colonial Encounters, Conservation, and Sport Hunting in Banff National Park
• Chapter 6. The Impact of Industrialization on Sport, Recreation, and the Environment
• Chapter 7. Ideological Struggles and the Emergence of Cricket, Lacrosse, and Baseball
• Chapter 8. The Development and Organization of Professional Sport
• Chapter 9. Hockey, Identity, and Nationhood
• Chapter 10. Rereading Histories of Inclusive Recreation, Physical Education, and Sport
• Chapter 11. Black Canadian Sporting Histories in the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Chapter 12. The Sports–Media Complex and Canadian Culture
• Chapter 13. The Assertion of Canada’s Colonial Self in National and International Sport
• Chapter 14. At Home and Abroad: Canada’s Engagement With International Sport and Recreation
• Chapter 15. Reflection on the Field: Sports Histories, Timelines, and De-Centring Settler Colonial Perspectives
• References
• Index
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors