Sissons / Stoddart Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies)

The 1932-33 Bodyline Tour of Australia
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-68074-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies

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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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sissons, Ric

Stoddart, Brian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. The Bodyline Story 2. The Empire of Cricket 3. A Rift in Anglo-Australian Relations 4. The English Response 5. Political Consequences in Australia 6. The Aftermath. Conclusion.

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