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This ambitious new study argues that not only is the story of cricket inescapably entwined with that of capitalism, but that the game provides a unique lens with which to understand the history, development, exigencies and contradictions of capitalist political economy.
List of contents
Introduction, Part I: Origins, 1. Class: Cricket’s Original Sin, 2. Cricket and Ideology: The Fantasmatic Logic of the Village Green, 3. Cricket and the Modern Gentleman: Class in Twenty-First Century English Cricket, Part II: Empire, 4. Cricket and the Making of Global Capitalism: Aotearoa, Exploitation and Expropriation, 5. Cricket, Capitalism and Colonial Rule: The Case of India, 6. Cricket, Power and Post-Colonial Resistance: The Case of the West Indies, Part III: Geopolitics, 7. Cricket’s Asian Century: The Rise of the IPL, 8. Franchises, Freelancers and Representation: Cricket, Neoliberalism and Nationalism, 9. Cricket and Racial Capitalism: The South African Case, Part IV: Late Capitalism, 10. Consuming Cricket: Cricket and the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, 11. Producing Cricket: The Cricket-Media Complex, 12. Cricket and Patriarchal Capitalism: Recognising Batters, 13. Liberation/Alienation/Exploitation: Global Capitalism and the Women’s Premier League, Conclusion: Cricket in the Wreckage of Capitalism
About the author
Chris McMillan is a Professional Teaching Fellow in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a sociologist with a particular interest in the intersections of cultures of capitalism, sport, cities and public policy. Chris is an active, if ineffective, cricketer and has played recreationally for East Coast Bays Cricket Club in New Zealand as well as Kew Cricket Club in London.
Summary
This ambitious new study argues that not only is the story of cricket inescapably entwined with that of capitalism, but that the game provides a unique lens with which to understand the history, development, exigencies and contradictions of capitalist political economy.
