{"product_id":"lacrosse-a-history-of-the-game-paperback","title":"Lacrosse: A History of the Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald M. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of modern lacrosse, from the appropriation of the Native American game to its ever-increasing popularity today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention in the Best Sport History Book awards from the North American Society for Sport History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLacrosse: A History of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, Donald M. Fisher traces the evolution of the sport from the pre-colonial era to the founding in 2001 of a professional outdoor league--Major League Lacrosse--told through the stories of the people behind each step in lacrosse's development: Canadian dentist George Beers, the father of the modern game; Rosabelle Sinclair, who played a large role in the 1950s reinforcing the feminine qualities of the women's game; \"Father Bill\" Schmeisser, the Johns Hopkins University coach who worked tirelessly to popularize lacrosse in Baltimore; Syracuse coach Laurie Cox, who was to lacrosse what Yale's Walter Camp was to football; 1960s Indian star Gaylord Powless, who endured racist taunts both on and off the field; Oren Lyons and Wes Patterson, who founded the inter-reservation Iroquois Nationals in 1983; and Gary and Paul Gait, the Canadian twins who were All-Americans at Syracuse University and have dominated the sport for the past decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Fisher focuses on lacrosse as contested ground. Competing cultural interests, he explains, have clashed since English settlers in mid-nineteenth-century Canada first appropriated and transformed the \"primitive\" Mohawk game of \u003ci\u003etewaarathon\u003c\/i\u003e, eventually turning it into a respectable \"gentleman's\" sport. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth 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. Today a multimillion-dollar industry, lacrosse is played by colleges and high schools, amateur clubs, and two professional leagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lacrosse, Donald M. Fisher traces the evolution of the sport from the pre-colonial era to the founding in 2001 of a professional outdoor league, told through the stories of the people behind each step in lacrosse's development. They include the Canadian dentist George Beers, father of the modern game; Rosabelle Sinclair, who played a large role reinforcing the feminine qualities of the women's game in the 1950s; and Indian star Gaylord Powless, who in the 1960s endured racist taunts both on and off the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will long serve as the standard history of lacrosse.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important contribution to our understanding of how sport emerged as a professional, commercial spectacle in modern North America.--\u003ci\u003eCanadian Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping history of the game. Fisher traces the emergence of modern lacrosse in both Canada and the United States.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.--\u003ci\u003eThe Beaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[A] definitive history of lacrosse . . . Will be enjoyed by sports fans and referenced by social historians.--\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Ronald A. Smith, Pennsylvania State University, author of \u003ci\u003ePlay-by-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport\u003c\/i\u003e \"Montreal Gazette\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth 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. Today a multimillion-dollar industry, lacrosse is played by colleges and high schools, amateur clubs, and two professional leagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lacrosse, Donald M. Fisher traces the evolution of the sport from the pre-colonial era to the founding in 2001 of a professional outdoor league, told through the stories of the people behind each step in lacrosse's development. They include the Canadian dentist George Beers, father of the modern game; Rosabelle Sinclair, who played a large role reinforcing the feminine qualities of the women's game in the 1950s; and Indian star Gaylord Powless, who in the 1960s endured racist taunts both on and off the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will long serve as the standard history of lacrosse.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important contribution to our understanding of how sport emerged as a professional, commercial spectacle in modern North America.\"--\u003ci\u003eCanadian Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sweeping history of the game. Fisher traces the emergence of modern lacrosse in both Canada and the United States.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Beaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] definitive history of lacrosse . . . Will be enjoyed by sports fans and referenced by social historians.\"--\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald M. Fisher \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of history at Niagara County Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.23 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47436224200882,"sku":"9781421400440","price":52.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1bb16f9aa6b1c7f5ca5d4745684f6327.webp?v=1778641681","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/lacrosse-a-history-of-the-game-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}