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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michelle sikes”
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  • Kenya's Running Women

    A History

    by Michelle M Sikes ...
    Series series African History and Culture
    Since Pauline Konga’s breakthrough performance at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, the world has become accustomed to seeing Kenyan women medal at major championships, sweep marathons, and set world records. Yet little is known about the pioneer generation of women who paved the way for Kenya’s reputation as an international powerhouse in women’s track and field. In Kenya’s Running Women: A ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Women’s Sport in Africa

    Edited by John Bale, Michelle Sikes ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is worthy of exploration and research.This path-breaking collection of essays provides an introduction to a ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Sport and Apartheid South Africa

    Histories of Politics, Power, and Protest

    Edited by Michelle M. Sikes, Toby C. Rider, Matthew P. Llewellyn ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    As athletes of today grapple with how to use their public platforms to fight for activist causes, Sport and Apartheid South Africa: Histories of Politics, Power, and Protest examines a set of longer histories of sport, ‘race’, and activism. The book seeks to uncover and understand new historical aspects of apartheid and sport, challenge myths, and rethink dominant narratives. It examines the ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

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  • Sport: Race, Ethnicity and Identity

    Building Global Understanding

    Edited by Daryl Adair ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    Sport has long been a paradoxical environment with respect to issues of 'race', ethnicity, and identity. For much of the twentieth century, sports around the world were enclaves of difference. Whites and non-whites, for example, were separated on the sports field as they were in many ways off the field. Today sport is much more inclusive, with athletic ability of greater importance than skin ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Kenyan Running

    Movement Culture, Geography and Global Change

    by John Bale, Joe Sang ...
    1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport. How significant really is Kenya in the world of sports? This book, the first to look in detail at the evolution and significance of a single sport in an African country, seeks to answer these and many other ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Forty Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008

    To Remember is to Resist

    Edited by Russell Field, Bruce Kidd ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in barring South Africa from the Olympic Games, while US athletes from the Olympic Project for Human Rights used the medals podium to decry the racism of North America. Meanwhile, students in Mexico demonstrated against social ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Mediocre

    The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

    by Ijeoma Oluo ...
    From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an “illuminating” (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity.What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of color, instead of by actual accomplishments?Through the last ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Restoring the Balance

    First Nations Women, Community, and Culture

    Edited by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Eric Guimond, Madeleine Dion Stout ...
    First Nations peoples believe the eagle flies with a female wing and a male wing, showing the importance of balance between the feminine and the masculine in all aspects of individual and community experiences. Centuries of colonization, however, have devalued the traditional roles of First Nations women, causing a great gender imbalance that limits the abilities of men, women, and their ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Decolonizing Solidarity

    Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles

    by Clare Land ...
    In this highly original and much-needed book, Clare Land interrogates the often fraught endeavours of activists from colonial backgrounds seeking to be politically supportive of Indigenous struggles. Blending key theoretical and practical questions, Land argues that the predominant impulses which drive middle-class settler activists to support Indigenous people cannot lead to successful alliances ... Read more

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  • 100 Days That Changed Canada

    by Canada's National History Society ...
    Every Canadian knows a handful of dates that changedour country—July 1, 1867; November 11, 1918; September28, 1972—but our nation’s history, now more than 50,000days long, runs much deeper than those iconic moments. From politics and wars to natural disasters, inventions and sports, this highly readable and beautifully designed album offers an engaging and insightful portrait of life in all parts ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trudeau’s Tango

    Alberta Meets Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–1972

    by Darryl Raymaker ...
    Trudeau appeared to enjoy the encounter. He stood his ground while escaping projectiles, including a tomato… In this insightful and lively history, Liberal insider Darryl Raymaker recalls the attempt to broker “a marriage from hell” between the federal Liberal Party and Alberta’s Social Credit government in the late 1960s. Raymaker uses his deep connections and backroom knowledge to trace the ... Read more

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