Close of play : president, prince, and cricket / / William Walcott
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| Autore: |
Walcott William
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| Titolo: |
Close of play : president, prince, and cricket / / William Walcott
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2020] |
| ©2020 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 796.358 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cricket - Social aspects |
| World politics - History | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword-Dr. Perry Mars -- Introduction: Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Exploratory Sociological Foundation -- Bowling Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Brian Lara and the Periphery of Politics -- Strengthening the Lara-Obama Similarities -- Simply Cricket, Lovely Cricket, for Lords, Knights, Ladies, Gentlemen, and More -- Cricket, Courts, and Climate Change -- Brian Lara on the Boundary of Respectability -- Brian Lara on a Sticky Wicket -- Caribbean Cricketing Links -- Brian Lara Batting on the Road To Captaincy -- The Core of Brian Lara's Captaincy -- Still on a Sticky Wicket -- Well Outside the Line -- Bibliography -- Glossary. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This book is a fascinating journey into the world of global sociopolitical life and the curiosities of language embedded in cricket and political play, both of which constitute enormous sectors within a multibillion dollar "sticky wicket" of transnational capitalism"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Close of play |
| ISBN: | 1-55164-718-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910794113403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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