Globalizing cricket : : Englishness, Empire and identity / / Dominic Malcolm.
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) di...
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| Superior document: | Globalizing sport studies |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London, England ;, New York, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Globalizing sport studies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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, |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliography (p. 173-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283853469 1849665591 1849665613 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Dominic Malcolm. |