Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910-1971 From Union to Isolation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murray, Bruce (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Parry, Richard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Winch, Jonty (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics,
• Subjects: Africa-History.; History, Modern.; Social history.; Imperialism.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; African History.; Modern History.; Social History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.

This book explores how cricket in South Africa was shaped by society and society by cricket. It demonstrates the centrality of cricket in the evolving relationship between culture, sport and politics starting with South Africa as the beating heart of the imperial project and ending with the country...