Title: Artificial ice : hockey, culture, and commerce /
Authors: Whitson, David, 1945-; Gruneau, Richard S., 1948-
Publisher: Braodview Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Hockey Social aspects Canada.; Hockey Economic aspects Canada.
Contents: Whose sweater is this? The changing meanings of hockey in Quebec / Jean Harvey -- Selective memory in a global culture: reconsidering links between youth, hockey, and Canadian identity / Brian Wilson -- The game of whose lives? Gender, race, and entitlement in Canada's "national" game / Mary Louise Adams -- Women's hockey in Canada: after the "gold rush" / Julie Stevens -- Hockey Canada and the bodychecking debate in minor hockey / Michael Robidoux and Pierre Trudel -- Racialization and hockey in Canada: from personal troubles to a Canadian challenge / Robert Pitter -- Playing with the big boys: smaller markets, competitive balance, and the hope for a championship team / Mark Rosentraub -- Hockey night in the United States? The NHL, Major League Sports, and the evolving television/media marketplace / Robert Bellamy and Kelly Shultz -- Expanding the footprint? Questioning the NHL's expansion and relocation strategy / Dan Mason -- From Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre: the downtown entertainment economy in "world class" Toronto / John Hannigan -- Have skates, will travel: Canada, international hockey, and the changing hockey labour market / Hart Cantelon -- Globalization in professional sport: comparisons and contrasts between hockey and European football / Julian Ammirante.