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Cricket and contemporary society in Britain : crisis and continuity / Russell Holden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holden, Russell, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cricket--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Cricket.
- Social change--Great Britain.
- Social change.
- Sports--Sociological aspects.
- Sports.
- Cricket--Social aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Russell Holden is a lecturer, writer, researcher and broadcaster of many years, having written and taught widely on the sociology of sport, with a particular interest in the role and value of cricket in contemporary life. He launched In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy, an organization based in Wales, working both in the UK and overseas, which is dedicated to exploring the many and varied interconnections between sport and politics, straddling issues of identity, nationalism, human rights, gender and reconciliation.
- Contents:
- Introduction and framework for discussion
- The depths of 1999 and the rehabilitation of cricket
- Impact of the 2005 Ashes victory
- Cricket and identity: some geographical reflections
- Cricket and the British Afro-Caribbean community: losing the heritage
- Realising the power of the South Asian community
- Twenty20: cricket's 21st century revolution
- Comparing the British cricketing experience
- The advance of women's cricket
- Concluding Remarks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Holden, Russell. Cricket and contemporary society in Britain.
- ISBN:
- 9781315645797
- 1315645793
- 9781317293088
- 1317293088
- 9781317293064
- 1317293061
- 9781317293071
- 131729307X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030918370
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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