{"product_id":"canadas-holy-grail-jordan-b-goldstein-9781487521349","title":"Canada's Holy Grail: Lord Stanley's Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup - later known as the Stanley Cup - to crown the first Canadian hockey champions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCanada's Holy Grail \u003c\/i\u003edocuments \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLord Stanley's personal politics, his desire to affect Canadian nationality and unity, and the larger transformations in Anglo-liberal political thought at the time. This book posits that the Stanley Cup fit directly within Anglo-American traditions of using sport to promote ideas of the national, and the donation of the cup occurred at a moment in history when Canadian nationalists needed identifying symbols. Jordan B. Goldstein asserts that only with a transformation in Anglo-liberal thought could the state legitimately act through culture to affect national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on primary source documentation from Lord Stanley's archives, as well as statements by politicians and hockey enthusiasts, \u003ci\u003eCanada's Holy Grail \u003c\/i\u003eintegrates political thought into the realm of sport history through the discussion of a championship trophy that still stands as one of the most well-known and recognized Canadian national symbols.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan B. Goldstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487521340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487521349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.87d","brand":"Jordan B. Goldstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987690258687,"sku":"9781487521349","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_728b806d-53e6-435a-b43e-accea92213b8.jpg?v=1683290440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canadas-holy-grail-jordan-b-goldstein-9781487521349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}