Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies)

Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9781317680758
ISBN-13 : 1317680758
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Book Synopsis Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies) by : Ric Sissons

Download or read book Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies) written by Ric Sissons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions. Bodyline was a watershed in the history of cricket and politics were publicly seen as part of sport. This book offers a radical reappraisal of bodyline which challenges the official interpretations of the events, and places them in a unique social and political context. .


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