The Imperial Game: Cricket, Culture and Society (Studies in Imperialism) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719049784 ISBN 13: 9780719049781

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This anthology examines the fortunes of cricket in various colonies as the sport spread across the British Empire. It helps to explain why cricket was so successful, even in places like India, Pakistan and the West Indies where the Anglo-Saxon element remained in a small minority. It demonstrates, perhaps better than any other single work, how awesome was the power of cultural imperialism. Even when former subjects threw off the political yoke of the Europeans, they still adhered tenaciously to the sporting and recreational models that the imperialists had introduced.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith A. Sandiford is Professor of History at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

Brian Stoddart is Academic Director of RMIT College, Penang, Malaysia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0719049784
• ISBN 13: 9780719049781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Sandiford Keith A., Stoddart Brian