This Too Was America

Philadelphia's Era of Cricket

Tom Melville (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9128-2 (ISBN)

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Cricket in America achieved its greatest acclaim, most extensive organisation and highest level of competition in Philadelphia in the mid-19th century. The city took on the burden of representing the entire US during the sport’s emerging international popularity. This history examines the origin, rise and demise of America’s cricket legacy.

Cricket in America achieved its greatest acclaim, most extensive organization and highest level of competition in Philadelphia in the mid-19th century. The city took upon itself the burden of representing the entire U.S. during the sport's emerging international popularity.

It was a story of amazing successes, abysmal failures and engaging personalities--like John B. King, revered to this day as one of the all-time greatest players--and eventual decline and demise. This meticulously researched history examines the origin and rise of a sport's legacy that, even in its demise, would endure as a lost vision of America's sporting destiny.

Freelance writer and researcher Tom Melville lives in Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Prologue

A Note on Technical Cricket Terms

One. New York/Philadelphia Cricket and the Ball-Playing Spring of the 1840s

Two. The Rise of Philadelphia Cricket and the Uncertainty of a Sporting Identity

Three. Post–Civil War Cricket and Baseball and the Divergence of a Sporting Culture

Four. Guardian of a Sporting Alternative

Five. Young America, the Hargreaves Family, and the Assertion of Nativism

Six. Intern to Internationalism

Seven. Clubs, Players, and the Flowering of Late 19th-Century Philadelphia Cricket

Eight. Ambivalence of Destiny

Nine. “A Civilization of Its Own”: The World of Late 19th-Century Philadelphia Cricket

Ten. Visions of Viability: The England Tour of 1903

Eleven. Twilight of Internationalism and the Drift from Nativism

Twelve. Decline, Denial, and Dreams: The Passing of Philadelphia Cricket

Epilogue

Appendix: Casual Olympian

Chapter Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2023
Zusatzinfo	12 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-9128-2 / 1476691282
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9128-2 / 9781476691282
Zustand	Neuware