The British World And An Australian National Identity: Anglo-australian Cricket, 18601901 (palgrave Studies In Sport And Politics)
by Jared van Duinen /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores the dynamics of Anglo-Australian cricketing relations within the British World in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores what these interactions can tell us about broader Anglo-Australian relations during this period and, in particular, the evolution of an Australian national identity.
Sport was, and is, a key aspect of Australian culture. Jared van Duinen demonstrates how sport was used to rehearse an identity that would then emerge in broader cultural and political terms. Using cricket as a case study, this book contributes to the ongoing historiographical debate about the nature and evolution of an Australian national identity.
