Thin Ice: Money, Politics and the Demise of a NHL Franchise - Softcover

Silver, Jim

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9781895686715: Thin Ice: Money, Politics and the Demise of a NHL Franchise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1895686717 ISBN 13: 9781895686715

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd., 1996

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A shocking tale of political manipulation, greed, betrayal, and self-censorship at the hands of the business elite and the mainstream media, the story of the Winnipeg Jets is a bitter reminder that tradition means little in the economic climate of continentalist corporate sport.

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About the Author:

Jim Silver is a professor of politics at the University of Winnipeg and past chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba. Has was also chair of the Winnipeg-based social action coalition Cho!ces.

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"A well-researched account and timely antidote to the self-serving boosterism which conceals professional sport's reckless addiction to public subsidy." --Bruce Kidd, Dean of Physical Education, Univeristy of Toronto, and former olympic athelete

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