Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 329 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781487512996
Inhalt:
Canada's Holy Grail investigates the political motivations of Lord Stanley and sheds light on the Stanley Cup as a symbol of Canadian unity.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: The National -- 1 Canada 1888 -- 2 Enshrining the National -- Section II: The Personal -- 3 An Honoured Member of Parliament -- 4 Overseeing the Crown Dominion -- Section III: The International -- 5 What Does It Mean to Be Canadian? -- 6 National Sport, the State, and Political Thought -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Inhalt:
"In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup--later known as the Stanley Cup--to crown the first Canadian hockey champions. Canada's Holy Grail documents Lord Stanley's personal politics, his desire to affect Canadian nationality and unity, and the larger transformations in Anglo-liberal political thought at the time. The book posits that the Stanley Cup fit directly within Anglo-American traditions of using sport to graft ideas of the national, and the donation of the cup occurred at a moment in history when Canadian nationalists needed identifying symbols. Jordan B. Goldstein asserts that only with a transformation in Anglo-liberal thought could the state legitimately act through culture to affect national identity. Drawing on primary source documentation from Lord Stanley's archives, as well as statements by politicians and hockey enthusiasts, Canada's Holy Grail integrates political thought into the realm of sport history through the discussion of a championship trophy that still stands as one of the most well-known and recognized Canadian national symbols."--
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ISBN 9781487501358
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ISBN 9781487521349
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781487501358
Sprache:
Englisch
