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 (American) di...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Bloomsbury Academic
[2013]
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| Colección: | Globalizing sport studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684823206719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliography (p. 173-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283853460 9781849665599 9781849665612 |
