This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of the sport - how it
developed and spread around the world. The book explores the
origins of cricket in the eighteenth century, its establishment as
England's national game in the nineteenth, the successful
(Caribbean) and unsuccessful (American) diffusion of cricket as
part of the development of the British Empire and its role in
structuring contemporary identities amongst and between the
English, the British and postcolonial communities. Whilst
empirically focused on the sport itself, the book addresses broader
issues such as social development, imperialism, race, diaspora and
national identities. Tracing the beginnings of cricket as a 'folk
game' through to the present, it draws together these different
strands to examine the meaning and social significance of the
modern game. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the
role of sport in both colonial and post-colonial periods; the
history and peculiarities of English national identity; or simply
intrigued by the game and its history.
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