Cricket and Empire: The 1932-33 Bodyline Tour of Australia (Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies)

by Ric Sissons and Brian Stoddart

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A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions. Bodyline was a watershed in the history of cricket and politics were publicly seen as part of sport. This book offers a radical reappraisal of bodyline which challenges the official interpretations of the events, and places them in a unique social and political context.

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  • ISBN10 1138990469
  • ISBN13 9781138990463
  • Publish Date 21 January 2016 (first published 14 June 1984)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 158
  • Language English