Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies)
The 1932-33 Bodyline Tour of Australia| By: | Ric Sissons; Brian Stoddart |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138776388 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781317680741 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1984 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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. .