A Social History of English Cricket - Brossura

Birley, Derek

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ISBN 10: 1781311765 ISBN 13: 9781781311769

Casa editrice: Aurum Press Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

Acclaimed as a magisterial, classic work, A Social History of English Cricket is an encyclopedic survey of the game, from its humble origins all the way to modern floodlit finishes. But it is also the story of English culture, mirrored in a sport that has always been a complex repository of manners, hierarchies and politics. In just under 400 pages Sir Derek Birley takes us through a rich historical tapestry: how the game was snatched from rustic obscurity by gentlemanly gamblers; became the height of late eighteenth century metropolitan fashion; was turned into both symbol and synonym for British imperialism; and its more recent struggle to dislodge the discomforting social values preserved in the game from its imperial heyday. Superbly witty and humorous, peopled by larger-than-life characters from Denis Compton to Ian Botham, and wholly forswearing nostalgia, A Social History of English Cricket is a tour-de-force by one of the great writers on cricket.

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Recensione:

'A masterpiece'

(Daily Mail)

'An exceptional example of profound research and wisdom, yet told with elegance, humour and warmth.'

(Guardian)

'A profoundly researched, easily and stylishly written book, put together with a view to a shelf-life of a good half-century, and as a work of reference a fair way beyond that.'

(Simon Barnes The Times)

'A wonderful book, written with great self-depracating humour. A hugely rewarding read.'

(John Inverdale)

L'autore:

Sir Derek Birley is the author of several books for Aurum, including The Willow Wand, A Social History of English Cricket and the trilogy Sport and the Making of Britain, which won the British Society of Sports History’s Aberdare Literary Award in 1995. He retired as vice-chancellor of the University of Ulster in 1991 after a distinguished career as an educational administrator. He died in 2002.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Aurum Press Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781311765
• ISBN 13: 9781781311769
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400