00938nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000220001710000260003924500750006526000380014030000180017852005420019658300200073894200170075899900170077520260716043605.0  aLRC 13.08.01 A678  aBeckles, Hilary Mc D.  aArea of conquest : popular democracy and West Indies cricket supremacy  bIan Randle Pub.aKingstonJMc1994  axviii, 154 p.  aPresents the text of the UWI-hosted lecture series that celebrated the 40th anniversary of Garfield Sobers' 1954 test debut.  Traces the historical evolution of West Indies cricket and the development of its uniquely West Indian character. Recognizes its unifying role among Caribbean people, and explores topics including: colonial education and the origins of West Indian cricket; the Worrell-Sobers revolution; West Indies cricket values reflected in the music and literature of the region; and, cricket and the West Indian society.\n  c6/17/05kTESSAH  cMmA678kLRC  c50379d50379