Globalizing cricket : Englishness, Empire and identity /
"Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of the sport - how it developed and spread around the world. The book explores the origins of cricket in the eighteenth century, its establishment as England's national game in the nineteenth, the successful (Caribbean) and unsuccessful (Americ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2013.
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| Series: | Globalizing sport studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of the sport - how it developed and spread around the world. The book explores the origins of cricket in the eighteenth century, its establishment as England's national game in the nineteenth, the successful (Caribbean) and unsuccessful (American) diffusion of cricket as part of the development of the British Empire and its role in structuring contemporary identities amongst and between the English, the British and postcolonial communities. Whilst empirically focused on the sport itself, the book addresses broader issues such as social development, imperialism, race, diaspora and national identities. Tracing the beginnings of cricket as a 'folk game' through to the present, it draws together these different strands to examine the meaning and social significance of the modern game. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the role of sport in both colonial and post-colonial periods; the history and peculiarities of English national identity; or simply intrigued by the game and its history."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283853469 9781283853460 1849665591 9781849665599 1849665613 9781849665612 9781849665605 1849665605 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781849665605 |