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Cricket and community in England : 1800 to the present day / Peter Davies with Robert Light. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Peter, 1966- author.
- Light, Rob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cricket--Social aspects--England--History.
- Cricket.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- 'Cricket and Community in England' is an enquiry into the social history of the summer game, 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. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-596-8
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