Search Results for: A Social History Of English Cricket

Acclaimed as a magisterial, classic work, A Social History of English Cricket is an encyclopaedic survey of the game, from its humble origins all the way to mod

A study of how cricket in England between the Wars reflected the social relations and cultural values of the time.

Many of the sports that have spread across the world, from athletics and boxing to golf and tennis, had their origins in nineteenth-century Britain. They were e

Cricket, in its modern formulation, was in the ascendant as a national sport from early Victorian times to the immediate post-World War II years. That correspon

Looking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values.