HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Montreal Shamrocks, James Naismith, Canada Basketball
3 Apr 2013
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Usually involved men rather than women, english rather than french, whites rather than blacks or native people, protestants rather that catholics and middle-class rather than working class athletes. Stemmed from british sporting traditions: expressional of imperial allegiance, promoted gentlemanly behaviour, individualism, social responsibility, imperial allegiance, and respect for private property, francophone quebec indifferent to this sporting tradition. Teams sports: favoured as they tended to emphasize fair play, physical hardness, physical and mental well-being, courage, endurance, teamwork, efficiency, self-restraint, innovation, competitiveness and respect for others, muscular christianity in canada. Found in books of british author thomas hughes, tom browns schooldays (1857) and tom brown at oxford (1861) Canadian novelist (and protestant minister) charles william gordon (and pseudonym ralph connor) held similar ideas. Drill associations, 1861: later canadian army cadets (rcac) linked to local schools, members ranging in age from 13 to 60, young men non-employed in active service, lord strathcona donated ,000 to develop citizenship & patriotism in royal.
