Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ387943
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Publication Date: 1989
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"In Defence of Cricket": The Imperial Games Ethic in Victorian English Canada.
Bennett, Paul L.
History and Social Science Teacher, v24 n3 p164-67 Spr 1989
Illustrates how societies can be judged by the athletic games they play through presentation of an exchange of letters appearing in the 1872 issues of the Upper Canada College newspaper. Shows how cricket, representing imperial society and muscular Christianity, was threatened by the Yankees and "American baseball." (LS)
Descriptors: Baseball, Elitism, Imperialism, North American History, Social Class, Social Differences, Social History, Sportsmanship
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Language: English
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