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Nominated for Cricket Society Book of the Year Award 2002.
Winner of the 2001 Lord Aberdare Prize for Sports History.
Any attempt to understand the nature of social relations and cultural identities
in modern Britain must consider the significance of sport. Sports have had a
crucial role in sustaining national consciousness. Because cricket has so often
been regarded as a symbol of Englishness, especially amongst those with economic
and political influence, the role of race in the sport provides penetrating
insights into English national identity, from the belief in racial superiority
underlying imperial expansion through to more recent debates about sporting
links with South Africa, and
Nominated for Cricket Society Book of the Year Award 2002.
Winner of the 2001 Lord Aberdare Prize for Sports History.
Any attempt to understand the nature of social relations and cultural identities
in modern Britain must consider the significance of sport. Sports have had a
crucial role in sustaining national consciousness. Because cricket has so often
been regarded as a symbol of Englishness, especially amongst those with economic
and political influence, the role of race in the sport provides penetrating
insights into English national identity, from the belief in racial superiority
underlying imperial expansion through to more recent debates about sporting
links with South Africa, and