'Poor man's cricket': baseball, class and community in south Wales c.1880-1950
American sporting enthusiasts would recognise their national game in descriptions of the baseball played in Wales. In parts of south-east Wales, baseball was the major summer sport. This article explores the sport's history in south Wales before 1950, discussing the ways in which it illustrates...
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| Published in: | International journal of the history of sport Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 153 - 166 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
01-12-2000
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| Summary: | American sporting enthusiasts would recognise their national game in descriptions of the baseball played in Wales. In parts of south-east Wales, baseball was the major summer sport. This article explores the sport's history in south Wales before 1950, discussing the ways in which it illustrates features of the emergence of non-commercial sports within working-class communities, the agencies that influence and direct them and the way in which modern games evolve. (Quotes from original text) |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0952-3367 1743-9035 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09523360008714152 |