Cricket and community in England : 1800 to the present day / Peter Davies with Robert Light.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Peter, 1966- author.

Light, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cricket--Social aspects--England--History.

Cricket.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (192 pages))

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, New York : Palgrave, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England ; New York, New York : Manchester University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Available in paperback for the first time, 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. The six chapters look at such issues as early cricket, the origins of clubs, competition, the two world wars, multiculturalism and cricket in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Cricket and community in England

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Early sport and cricket

2. Origins of clubs

3. Organised competition

4. The two world wars

5. Decline and renewal

6. Grassroots cricket in the twenty-first century

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 27, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784991692

1784991694

9781784991685

1784991686

OCLC:

962069831