Bruce Kidd is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and university ombudsperson at the University of Toronto.

'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'- Robin Brown (Canadian Forum) 'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.'- D.M. Furst (Choice) 'Kidd's book reflects not only one of the best understandings of Canadian sport history that I know, but the passion of the man. Bruce Kidd is not just a social historian of sport, but a sportsman, an activist and a reformer, and it shows in his writing.'- Angela Schneider (The Globe and Mail) '[The Struggle for Canadian Sport] is a book that can be readily recommended to historians of Canadian sport and society, as well as to anyone with even a purely general interest in either of these areas.'- Richard V. Thomas (Sport History Review)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The State of Play 2. "The Making of Men" 3. "Girls' Sports Run by Girls" 4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture 5. Brand-Name Hockey 6. Capturing the State 7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist SportNotes Illustration Credits Index

Bruce Kidd is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and university ombudsperson at the University of Toronto.

'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'- Robin Brown (Canadian Forum) 'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.'- D.M. Furst (Choice) 'Kidd's book reflects not only one of the best understandings of Canadian sport history that I know, but the passion of the man. Bruce Kidd is not just a social historian of sport, but a sportsman, an activist and a reformer, and it shows in his writing.'- Angela Schneider (The Globe and Mail) '[The Struggle for Canadian Sport] is a book that can be readily recommended to historians of Canadian sport and society, as well as to anyone with even a purely general interest in either of these areas.'- Richard V. Thomas (Sport History Review)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The State of Play 2. "The Making of Men" 3. "Girls' Sports Run by Girls" 4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture 5. Brand-Name Hockey 6. Capturing the State 7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist SportNotes Illustration Credits Index

Bruce Kidd is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and university ombudsperson at the University of Toronto.

'An intelligent, well-researched and thought-provoking chronicle, destined to be a valued reference text.'- Robin Brown (Canadian Forum) 'A primary source not only of historical changes in Canadian sport but also of worldwide change to capitalist-dominated sport.'- D.M. Furst (Choice) 'Kidd's book reflects not only one of the best understandings of Canadian sport history that I know, but the passion of the man. Bruce Kidd is not just a social historian of sport, but a sportsman, an activist and a reformer, and it shows in his writing.'- Angela Schneider (The Globe and Mail) '[The Struggle for Canadian Sport] is a book that can be readily recommended to historians of Canadian sport and society, as well as to anyone with even a purely general interest in either of these areas.'- Richard V. Thomas (Sport History Review)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The State of Play 2. "The Making of Men" 3. "Girls' Sports Run by Girls" 4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture 5. Brand-Name Hockey 6. Capturing the State 7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist SportNotes Illustration Credits Index