A Corner Of A Foreign Field: The Indian History Of A British Sport

A Corner Of A Foreign Field: The Indian History Of A British Sport by Ramachandra Guha


ISBN
9780330491174
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
512
Dimensions
130 x 197 x 33mm

A book that seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social change. CK Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too, in arresting and unexpected ways, do Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Indian careers of those great English cricketers, Lord Harris and DR Jardine, provide a window into the operations of Empire.

The extraordinary life of India's first great slow bowler, Palwankar Baloo, introduces the reader to the still-unfinished struggle against caste discrimination. Later chapters explore the competition between Hindu and Muslim cricketers in colonial India and the extraordinary passions now provoked when India plays Pakistan.

An important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in cricket and India, this is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and how sport can influence both social and political history.
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