Cricket and Community in England - 1800 to the Present Day

Informationen zum Autor Peter Davies is former Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield Robert Light is a leading cricket historian who has published widely on the sport Klappentext Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game.It is written by two specialist cricket historians and based on extensive primary research. It traces the history of the sport at grassroots level from its origins right up to the present day. It will appeal to the cricket historian and the general sports enthusiast alike.The book has two main goals: to provide readers with an accessible introduction to the history of grassroots cricket in England and to supply a clear overview of the different phases of this history.The structure of book is chronological but also thematic. Our analysis begins in Chapter 1, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with an inquiry into the nature of early sport and early cricket. The following chapter, Chapter 2, investigates the way in which the first cricket clubs were formed. We then move on, in Chapter 3, to the issue of competition. We will assess the concept of the challenge match and also evaluate how such events contributed to the early development of the sport. Moving into the twentieth century, in Chapter 4 we investigate the significance of the two world wars for the development of cricket. As regards the post-war era, Chapter 5 examines a range of issues, including multiculturalism in the grassroots game, the role of women, equipment and junior cricket. And the final chapter, Chapter 6, brings the story of cricket up to date. Zusammenfassung Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Early sport and cricket2. Origins of clubs3. Organised competition4. The two world wars5. Decline and renewal6. Grassroots cricket in the twenty-first centuryConclusionBibliographyIndex...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Davies, Davies Peter
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780719082795
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8279-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); England, European History, cricket, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, history of sport, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Cricket; Community; Competition; War; Multiculturalism