{"product_id":"tribes-an-international-hockey-history-paperback","title":"Tribes: An International Hockey History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Fosty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarril Fosty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe follow up to the Best Selling book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Ice: The History of Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925, Tribes: An International Hockey History\u003c\/i\u003e examines the concept that 19th-century European militarists had channeled their spirit and energy into sports in hopes of creating a training ground for warriors. This new concept and logic fed upon the ideas of racial purity and warrior cults. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book looks at the game of ice hockey's European origins while adding additional information to the story of Canadian ice hockey including new information about the Colored Hockey League and the history of black Canadian and American ice hockey putting the Black ice hockey experience into a larger relation with international hockey of its time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition, \u003ci\u003eTribes \u003c\/i\u003edives into1890s ideology when athletes first began to compete under the banners of nations. Following World War I, and as a result of the worldwide growth and popularity of the Olympics, the game of ice hockey took on a more complex form as teams representing countries as cultural differences, political ideologies, and blind nationalism supplanted sportsmanship. Pride and emotion replaced reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom North America to Nazi Germany, and on to the gates of Moscow, what were designed to be hockey games of goodwill became battles. The Great War was over; the longest undeclared war of nations was about to begin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTopics Include\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Origins of European, Canadian \u0026amp; American Hockey \u003cbr\u003e* Nationalism and hockey's impact on the battlefields of World War One.\u003cbr\u003e* Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes and the spread of Black ice hockey in Canada and the United States\u003cbr\u003e* The Death of Newfoundland hockey\u003cbr\u003e* The Rise of Soviet hockey and \u003ci\u003eCold War on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e between the USSR, Canada, and United States.\u003cbr\u003e* French-English Canadian Cultural Rivalry.\u003cbr\u003e* Rise of Professional Hockey\u003cbr\u003e* 1972 Canada-Russia Hockey Summit\u003cbr\u003e* 1980 Miracle on Ice ... plus more.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52767050891571,"sku":"9780965116855","price":27.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S0pFdW0xaFNHZVNUVzV6UWtpSFlQZz09.webp?v=1764663571","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/tribes-an-international-hockey-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}