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Rain Stops Play : Cricketing Climates.
A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Sport in the global society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; RAIN STOPS PLAY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Diagrams; List of Tables; Foreword by John Kettley; Introduction by Christopher Martin-Jenkins; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Need for a Geography of Cricket; 1. The Geographical Boundaries of Cricket; 2. The Growth of English Cricket: A Development Stage Model; 3. The Diffusion of Cricket: A Geographical Explanation; 4. A Locational Analysis of the County Grounds of England and Wales; 5. Locational Changes to County Cricket, 1901-1951.
- 6. The Location of County Cricket in the Commercial Age, 1951-19917. Rain Stops Play: A Meteorological Analysis; 8. The Raining County Champions; 9. Sunspot Activity and Golden Summers; 10. Cricket in the Cities: A Microclimatic View; 11. Global Warnings and Global Warming; 12. Greenhouse Cricket: The English Game in a Warmer World; 13. Redrawing the Boundaries; 14. Epilogue: The Future Geography of English Cricket; Notes; Appendix 1: Grounds in the United Kingdom used for First-Class and Limited Overs Games since 1801; Appendix 2: Counties of England, Scotland and Wales, pre-1974; Index.