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Cambridge companion to cricket

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2011Description: xxvi, 282 p. include indexISBN:
  • 9780521167871
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 C2
Summary: Few other team sports can equal the global reach of cricket. Rich in history and tradition, it is both quintessentially English and expansively international, a game that has evolved and changed dramatically in recent times. Demonstrating how the history of cricket and its international popularity is entwined with British imperial expansion, this book examines the social and political impact of the game in a variety of cultural sites: the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. An international team of contributors explores the enduring influence of cricket on English identity, examines why cricket has seized the imagination of so many literary figures and provides profiles of iconic players including Bradman, Lara and Tendulkar. Presenting a global panoramic view of cricket's complicated development, its unique adaptability and its political and sporting controversies, the book provides a rich insight into a unique sporting and cultural heritage. Presents a genuinely international perspective, with individual chapters covering the world's main cricket centres Includes detailed profiles of some of cricket's iconic personalities, examining their impact on the game: Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar Fosters a wider understanding of the social, economic and political contexts of sports. https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/arts-theatre-culture/sports-studies/cambridge-companion-cricket?format=PB
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Few other team sports can equal the global reach of cricket. Rich in history and tradition, it is both quintessentially English and expansively international, a game that has evolved and changed dramatically in recent times. Demonstrating how the history of cricket and its international popularity is entwined with British imperial expansion, this book examines the social and political impact of the game in a variety of cultural sites: the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. An international team of contributors explores the enduring influence of cricket on English identity, examines why cricket has seized the imagination of so many literary figures and provides profiles of iconic players including Bradman, Lara and Tendulkar. Presenting a global panoramic view of cricket's complicated development, its unique adaptability and its political and sporting controversies, the book provides a rich insight into a unique sporting and cultural heritage. Presents a genuinely international perspective, with individual chapters covering the world's main cricket centres Includes detailed profiles of some of cricket's iconic personalities, examining their impact on the game: Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar Fosters a wider understanding of the social, economic and political contexts of sports.


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