Varieties of Worldly Wisdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C A W Manning (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-165 |
| Publication date | 1957-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2008877 |
| OpenAlex | W2142066875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
The English and American ways of life have more than a little in common. Except however when “Rhodes Scholars in reverse,” Englishmen do not “major.” Instead, they “specialize”—a very, very few in International Relations. Some of these do it in London. This article is on what that means.In cricket—a staple, incidentally, of the English way of life—there are broadly two techniques for bringing a ball to “turn from the off.” One, the less usual, is the “googly.” Fifty years ago it was a rarity indeed. Yet the writer knew in those days a fellow-schoolboy who, bowling googlies, was unaware that not everybody did. To him, they seemed the natural way to have a ball “turn from the off
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cricket · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Sociology · Globalization and political ideologies · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Philippine History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2018 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |