The Changing Face Of Cricket

Author : Dominic Malcolm,Jon Gemmell,Nalin Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317969310

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The Changing Face of Cricket by Dominic Malcolm,Jon Gemmell,Nalin Mehta Pdf

For cricket enthusiasts there is nothing to match the meaningful contests and excitement generated by the game’s subtle shifts in play. Conversely, huge swathes of the world’s population find cricket the most obscure and bafflingly impenetrable of sports. The Changing Face of Cricket attempts to account for this paradox. The Changing Face of Cricket provides an overview of the various ways in which social scientists have analyzed the game’s cultural impact. The book’s international analysis encompasses Australia, the Caribbean, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Its interdisciplinary approach allies anthropology, history, literary criticism, political studies and sociology with contributions from cricket administrators and journalists. The collection addresses historical and contemporary issues such as gender equality, global sports development, the impact of cricket mega-events, and the growing influence of commercial and television interests culminating in the Twenty20 revolution. Whether one loves or hates the game, understands what turns square legs into fine legs, or how mid-offs become silly, The Changing Face of Cricket will enlighten the reader on the game’s cultural contours and social impact and prove to be the essential reader in cricket studies. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Garfield Sobers,Ivo Tennant
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 0091807131

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Sobers by Garfield Sobers,Ivo Tennant Pdf

The great cricketer's views of developments in the game.

Author : Stephen Chalke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 0956851126

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Micky Stewart and the Changing Face of Cricket by Stephen Chalke Pdf

There are few men alive who have been as involved in English cricket as extensively and for as long as Micky Stewart. Now at last, he shares his reflections on his time in the game and on the changes he has lived through.

Author : Greg Ryan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781443804141

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The Changing Face of Rugby by Greg Ryan Pdf

In 1995 rugby union became the last significant international sport to sanction professionalism. To some this represented an undesirable challenge to the traditions of the game. To others the change was inevitable and overdue – an acknowledgment of both the realty of modern sport and the extent to which money had already permeated the game. While there are some commonalities in the response to professional rugby, the contributions to this book, representing almost all of the significant rugby playing countries, reveal much more that was shaped by particular local contexts both within rugby and in terms of its place within the economic, political, class and social structures of the surrounding society. The authors assess the contrasting ways in which rugby administrators at local, regional and national level grappled with the changes that were required and the demands of the corporate backers who funded the transition to professionalism. But the more contentious relationships considered are those involving the many amateur rugby players and committed fans who found that significant community and historical reference points were subtly altered or simply obliterated in the face of new commercial imperatives – and especially new competitions that separated elite players from the grassroots of the game. Some have adapted to the replacement ‘product’ with relish, others have not. Some have genuine and well articulated grievances against the processes of changes. Others have fallen victim to a nostalgia which appropriates very selective memories of the amateur past to highlight apparent problems with the professional present. Above all, these contributions provide a range of perspectives that enable the reader to take stock at a particular point in what is still a rapidly evolving game. Read in ten or twenty years, this book may confirm that many of the right paths have been taken – or it may provide pointers to crisis as yet unimagined.

Author : Ishrat Umar
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE CHANGING FACE OF INDIA by Ishrat Umar Pdf

"Various political dispensations have always claimed entitlement over India and her people on the back of electoral mandate over the past several decades since India attained Independence. However India has been denied its rightful place in the comity of Nations when measured on the critical index of human, economic & social development. This book is a vivid account of the progress made by India under the watch of various political parties & questions the glaring loopholes in our development story which they have left behind for the future generations to fill."

Author : Chris Rowley,Yongsun Paik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135277703

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The Changing Face of Korean Management by Chris Rowley,Yongsun Paik Pdf

Part of the successful Routledge ‘Working in Asia’ series, The Changing Face of Korean Management focuses on a country that is predicted by some experts to become the world’s third richest by 2025. South Korea, with its thriving telecommunications and automotive industries, and increasing trade links with China, survived the 1997 Asian Economic Crisis better than most. This important textbook explores the key areas of management in this pivotal country in the region, including: Human Resource Management Marketing Operations Finance Strategy Overseas affiliates Small firms and entrepreneurship Women Including case studies and interviews with front-line Korean managers to enable a real ‘voice’ to emerge, and written by native academics, this is a complete analysis of the current state of management structures in South Korea. It is important reading for all students of business and management interested in Asia.

Author : GURMEET SINGH DANG
Publisher : GURMEETWEB TECHNICAL LABS
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789359750101

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Cricket eBook by GURMEET SINGH DANG Pdf

Author : Jon Gemmell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9783319763392

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Cricket's Changing Ethos by Jon Gemmell Pdf

This book examines historically how cricket was codified out of its variant folk-forms and then marketed with certain lessons sought to reinforce the values of a declining landed interest. It goes on to show how such values were then adapted as part of the imperial experiment and were eventually rejected and replaced with an ethos that better reflected the interests of new dominant elites. The work examines the impact of globalisation and marketization on cricket and analyses the shift from an English dominance, on a sport that is ever-increasingly being shaped by Asian forces. The book’s distinctiveness lies in trying to decode the spirit of the game, outlining a set of actual characteristics rather than a vague sense of values. An historical analysis shows how imperialism, nationalism, commercialism and globalisation have shaped and adapted these characteristics. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of sport sociology, post-colonialism, globalisation as well as those with an interest in the game of cricket and sport more generally.

Author : Sean Hamil,Jonathan Michie,Christine Oughton,Steven Warby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135275389

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The Changing Face of the Football Business by Sean Hamil,Jonathan Michie,Christine Oughton,Steven Warby Pdf

This examination of changes taking place in the world of football focuses on its growing commercialization. It covers such topics as fans becoming shareholders, with a say in the running of the clubs, and the setting-up of a government-sponsored scheme to support shareholder trusts.

Author : Stefan Szymanski,Tim Wigmore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472992727

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Crickonomics by Stefan Szymanski,Tim Wigmore Pdf

SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST SPORT BOOKS OF 2022. A CRICKETER BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'Superb' Matthew Syed, The Times 'Fascinating' The Observer 'Crickonomics is packed with sufficient statistical analysis to have the most ardent cricket geek purring with pleasure' Mail on Sunday 'An insightful, Hawk-Eye-like analysis of the numbers behind cricket' Financial Times An engaging tour of the modern game from an award-winning journalist and the economist who co-authored the bestselling Soccernomics. Why does England rely on private schools for their batters – but not their bowlers? How did demographics shape India's rise? Why have women often been the game's great innovators? Why does South Africa struggle to produce Black Test batters? And how does the weather impact who wins? Crickonomics explores all of this and much more – including how Jayasuriya and Gilchrist transformed Test batting but T20 didn't; English cricket's great missed opportunity to have a league structure like football; why batters are paid more than bowlers; how Afghanistan is transforming German cricket; what the rest of the world can learn from New Zealand and even the Barmy Army's importance to Test cricket. This incisive book will entertain and surprise all cricket lovers. It might even change how you watch the game.

Author : Jamie Rix
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0744560489

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The Changing Face of Johnny Casanova by Jamie Rix Pdf

Johnny Worms, alias Johnny Casanova, is back on the luv trail. His face may have changed a little - well he is 14 - but underneath he's still the same romantic fool. On the first day of the new school year, Bosie Cricket cartwheels into Johnny's life - could this be the real thing?

Author : Alan Bairner,John Kelly,Jung Woo Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317646679

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Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics by Alan Bairner,John Kelly,Jung Woo Lee Pdf

Sport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political. However, there is a broad consensus among academics that sport is often at the heart of the political and the political is often central to sport. From the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany to the civil unrest that preceded the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, sport and politics have remained symbiotic bedfellows. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics goes further than any other book in surveying the complex, embedded relationships between sport and politics. With sections addressing ideologies, nation and statehood, corporate politics, political activism, social justice, and the politics of sports events, it introduces the conceptual foundations that underpin our understanding of the sport-politics nexus and examines emergent issues in this field of study. Including in-depth case studies from North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, this is an essential reference for anybody with an interest in the social scientific study of sport.

Author : Hilary Beckles,Brian Stoddart
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 0719043158

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Liberation Cricket by Hilary Beckles,Brian Stoddart Pdf

Of the global community of cricketers, the West Indians are, arguably, the most well-known and feared. This book shows how this tradition of cricketing excellence and leadership emerged, and how it contributed to the rise of West Indian nationalism and independence.

Author : Jeffrey Hill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350069855

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Learie Constantine and Race Relations in Britain and the Empire by Jeffrey Hill Pdf

Who was Learie Constantine? And what can he tell us about the politics of race and race relations in 20th-century Britain and the Empire? Through examining the life, times and opinions of this Trinidadian cricketer-turned-politician, Learie Constantine and Race Relations in Britain and the Empire explores the centrality of race in British politics and society. Unlike conventional biographical studies of Constantine, this unique approach to his life, and the racially volatile context in which it was lived, moves away from the 'good man' narrative commonly attributed to his rise to pre-eminence as a spokesman against racial discrimination and as the first black peer in the House of Lords. Through detailing how Constantine's idea of 'assimilation' was criticized, then later rejected by successive activists in the politics of race, Jeff rey Hill off ers an alternative and more sophisticated analysis of Constantine's contributions to, and complex relationship with, the fight against racial inequalities inherent in British domestic and imperial society.

Author : Jason D. Ensor
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783080892

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Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 19301970 by Jason D. Ensor Pdf

‘Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970’ traces the history of the printed book in Australia, particularly the production and business context that mediated Australia’s literary and cultural ties to Britain for much of the twentieth century. This study focuses on the London operations of one of Australia’s premier book publishers of the twentieth century: Angus & Robertson. The book argues that despite the obvious limitations of a British-dominated market, Australian publishers had room to manoeuvre in it. It questions the ways in which Angus & Robertson replicated, challenged or transformed the often highly criticised commercial practices of British publishers in order to develop an export trade for Australian books in the United Kingdom. This book is the answer to the current void in the literary market for a substantial history of Australia’s largest publisher and its role in the development of Australia’s export book trade.