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Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Culture Clash -- 2 The Prison of English History -- 3 The Cathedral and the Cult -- 4 Permanent Revolution -- 5 The Level Playing Field -- 6 Politics and the National Game -- 7 English Cricket in a Shrinking World -- 8 Cricket, Nation, Market 1994-1998 -- 9 Ten Years After: English Cricket in 2004 -- Bibliography -- Footnotes -- A Note on the Author -- eCopyright

It is suggested here that Tony Blair's Labour Party, which recently won power in a landslide victory in the general election, is already introducing a new era of Thatcherism, thereby disappointing those who had expected a turnaround following the election sweep. Discussed here are concerns in many areas, including welfare reform, where, it is argued, the government's aim is to reduce government spending & to compel welfare recipients to enter the workforce under terms advantageous to employers -- thus threatening a larger social segment than the "underclass." It is further argued that those who hope Blair's harsh economic policies will be balanced by democratic reforms are headed for disappointment there as well. Indeed, it is proposed that once removed from its rhetorical wrappings, the Blair package -- nationalism, Atlanticism, fiscal & monetary conservatism, "labor flexibility," "welfare reform," & social authoritarianism -- is little more than a form of neo-Thatcherism. Discussed here are warnings to that effect, as well as the prospects for another outcome. 27 References. T. K. Brown

Boxing, a sport reflecting the capitalist commodification of the body, has survived as a sport due to black boxers who have emerged as role models. The "level playing field," an egalitarian myth for black people denied opportunity in other fields, makes sports like boxing attractive, & can be seen as an opportunity to challenge the hierarchy. Jack Johnson & Joe Louis were early black boxers who demonstrated difficulties of black athletes: one challenged the hierarchy by winning; the other was seen as an "Uncle Tom." Coming after these two boxers, Cassius Clay was originally seen as a "great white hope"; but after his conversion to the Nation of Islam, Muhammed Ali became a symbol of independence. Ali was a leader in resistance to the Vietnam war & the draft, political actions that affected his boxing career, sometimes detrimentally. Ali consciously served as a representative of black people through his boxing career, which current sports stars are not doing. 8 References. A. Cole