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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
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