Cricket: A Political History of the Global Game, 1945-2017
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Cricket is an enduring paradox. On the one hand, it symbolises much that is outmoded: imperialism; a leisured elite; a rural, aristocratic Englishness. On the other, it endures as a global game and does so by skilful adaptation, trading partly on its mythic past and partly on its capacity to repackage itself. This ambitious new history recounts the politics of cricket around the world since the Second World War, examining key cultural and political...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:036718611X
ISBN13:9780367186111
Release Date:January 2019
Publisher:Routledge
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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