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Gemmell Jon <1965-> |
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The politics of South African cricket / / Jon Gemmell |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-77344-0 |
1-135-77345-9 |
1-280-04951-0 |
0-203-50589-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Collana |
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Sport in the global society, , 1368-9789 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cricket - Political aspects - South Africa |
Sports and state - South Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-250) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; The Problems of Defining 'Political Science'; The Ties that Bind: The Relationship between Sport and Politics; On a Sticky Wicket: The Ethos of Cricket; Programme and Practice: Apartheid and Sport; Banishing Tradition, or Prejudice? Politics and the Winding Road to Multiracial Cricket; 'No Normal Sport in an Abnormal Society'; Isolating the Disease: International Politics and the Arguments for Sanctions against South Africa |
Isolation (of Sorts): South Africa's Withdrawal from the CommonwealthA Defining Moment: The Basil D'Oliveira Affair; Cricket and the Actual Institution of Politics: The 1970 South African Tour to England; Treachery and Despair: The Rebel Tours; Conclusion: The Role of Sport in Influencing Change in South Africa; Postscript: Constructing the Rainbow Nation; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider held belief system and as such has distinctive political connotations in the region.Sport in South Africa is certainly influenced by forces beyond the playing field, but politics too can be influenced by the social and |
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