The making of New Zealand cricket, 1832-1914 / Greg Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Greg, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cricket--New Zealand--History.

Cricket.

Ball games--New Zealand--History.

Ball games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the systematic colonization schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the gold discoveries of the 1860s.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Colonisation and the Export of Sport; 2. Diverse Growth, 1840–1870; 3. Fashioning a Middle-Class Game: Cricket and Class, 1870-1914; 4. A Physical and Moral Agent, 1860–1914; 5. Perpetuating the Straight Bat: Cricket and the Schools, 1860-1914; 6. Uniting Distant Communities: Interprovincial Cricket, 1860-1914; 7. A Fragile Edifice: The New Zealand Cricket Council, 1894-1914; 8. Humble Imitators at these Distant Antipodes: The Imperial Connection in the Nineteenth Century

9. A Near but Distant Neighbour: New Zealand and Australia, 1890-191410. More English than the English: The Imperial Connection in the Twentieth Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-75482-9

9786610236039

1-280-23603-5

0-203-32809-4

9780203328095

OCLC:

475907431