Tag: Bruce Berglund
A true pleasure for historians and hockey lovers, less so for critical sociologists
Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. Bruce Berglund’s The Fastest Game in the World (University of California Press) is a global history of a global sport, drawing upon research conducted around the world. Bo Carlsson, sport sociology professor who favors ice hockey over other sports, found a well-written av enjoyable history of hockey, but he sorely misses the critical sociological gaze.
