Title Globalizing cricket : Englishness, Empire and identity / by Dominic Malcolm

Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations Series Globalizing sport studies Globalizing sport studies. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. The Emergence of Cricket -- 2. The ̀National Game': Cricket in Nineteenth-Century England -- 3. The Imperial Game: Cricket and Colonization -- 4. Cricket in America -- 5. Cricket in the Caribbean -- 6. Cricket and the Celtic Nations -- 7. Cricket and Diasporic Identities in Post-Imperial Britain -- 8. Cricket and Changing Conceptions of Englishness -- 9. Cricket, the English and the Process of ̀Othering' 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."-- Provided by Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Machine converted from AACR2 source record Subject Cricket -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History Cricket -- History Imperialism -- Social aspects Postcolonialism -- Social aspects National characteristics, English. English. English Cricket Cricket -- Social aspects Imperialism -- Social aspects National characteristics, English Postcolonialism -- Social aspects Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1283853469 9781283853460 1849665591 9781849665599 1849665613 9781849665612 9781849665605 1849665605

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