Empire Cricket Booklet

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FOREWORD

1860'. Consciously calculated to further 'the ongoing transformation of South African society' through a fuller understanding of history, and written in a manner that cricket fans and more serious readers alike can enjoy, Empire and Cricket is a worthy addition to the growing body of revisionist works on the game which have appeared in recent years.

aspects of South African sports history. The authors have made a major contribution to our understanding of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South African cricket and society, and they have certainly backed up their contention that 'cricket provides a window on the way society coped with massive social, economic and political changes after