The British World and an Australian National Identity Anglo-Australian Cricket, 1860-1901 /

• Main Author: van Duinen, Jared (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics,
• Subjects: Civilization-History.; Islands of the Pacific-History.; Imperialism.; Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Cultural History.; Australasian History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.

This book explores the dynamics of Anglo-Australian cricketing relations within the 'British World' in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores what these interactions can tell us about broader Anglo-Australian relations during this period and, in particular, the evol...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Metropole-to-Colony Cultural Traffic and the Development of Australian Cricket, 1860-1877
• 3. Bi-directional Cultural Traffic and the Evolution of an Australian Cricketing Identity
• 4. Interlude: the British World Personified: Fred 'the Demon' Spofforth and Billy Midwinter
• 5. Lord Sheffield's 1891-92 Tour and the Revitalisation of Australian Cricket
• 6. Conclusions
• 7. Bibliography
• 8. Index.