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Lacrosse: A History of the Game
Donald M. Fisher
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Description for Lacrosse: A History of the Game
Paperback. Drawing on extensive primary research, he shows how amateurs and professionals, elite collegians and working-class athletes, field- and box-lacrosse players, Canadians and Americans, men and women, and Indians and whites have assigned multiple and often conflicting meanings to North America's first-and fastest growing-team sport. Num Pages: 408 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSBT; WSBX; WSJJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
North America's Indian peoples have always viewed competitive sport as something more than a pastime. The northeastern Indians' ball-and-stick game that would become lacrosse served both symbolic and practical functions-preparing young men for war, providing an arena for tribes to strengthen alliances or settle disputes, and reinforcing religious beliefs and cultural cohesion. Today a multimillion-dollar industry, lacrosse is played by colleges and high schools, amateur clubs, and two professional leagues. In Lacrosse: A History of the Game, Donald M. Fisher traces the evolution of the sport from the pre-colonial era to the founding in 2001 of a professional ... Read more
North America's Indian peoples have always viewed competitive sport as something more than a pastime. The northeastern Indians' ball-and-stick game that would become lacrosse served both symbolic and practical functions-preparing young men for war, providing an arena for tribes to strengthen alliances or settle disputes, and reinforcing religious beliefs and cultural cohesion. Today a multimillion-dollar industry, lacrosse is played by colleges and high schools, amateur clubs, and two professional leagues. In Lacrosse: A History of the Game, Donald M. Fisher traces the evolution of the sport from the pre-colonial era to the founding in 2001 of a professional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421400440
SKU
V9781421400440
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About Donald M. Fisher
Donald M. Fisher is a professor of history at Niagara County Community College.
Reviews for Lacrosse: A History of the Game
A sweeping history of the game. Fisher traces the emergence of modern lacrosse in both Canada and the United States. Library Journal A thoroughly researched, clearly written, handsomely designed, very comprehensive history of North American lacrosse since the mid-nineteenth century... this is one of the most informative histories of any sport that I have ever read.
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