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Because I Tell a Joke or Two
Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and the social differences of class, region, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and nationhood. It …
Thatcher's Children?
That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding …
Cricket: A Political History of the Global Game, 1945-2017
Cricket is an enduring paradox. On the one hand, it symbolises much that is outmoded: imperialism; a leisured elite; a rural, aristocratic Englishness. On the other, it endures as …
East Plays West
The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that …
Amateurism in British Sport
The ideal of the amateur competitor, playing the game for love and, unlike the professional, totally untainted by commerce, has become embedded in many accounts of the development …
Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age
Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. …
Thatcher's Children?
That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding …
British Football & Social Exclusion
This book takes stock of British football at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is written by a range of concerned academics and writers, all of whom have an active …