A Night at the Gardens: Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto

by Russell Field

Book Overview

When Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens opened in 1931, manager Conn Smythe envisioned an arena that would project an aura of middle-class respectability. In A Night at the Gardens, Russell Field shares how this new arena anticipated spectators by examining varying spectator behaviours, who the spectators were, and what the experience of spectating was like.

Drawing on archival records, the book explores the neighbourhood in which Maple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487547080
• ISBN13: 9781487547080
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher