Nation at play : a history of sport in India /

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Reaching as far back as ancient times, Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and colonialism, and as an independent nation. Some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favor,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sen, Ronojoy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
Series:Contemporary Asia in the world.
Subjects:
Sports > India > History.
Sports > Social aspects > India.
Sports > Inde > Histoire.
Sports > Aspect social > Inde.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Manners and customs
Sports
Sports > Social aspects
Sport
Gesellschaft
India > Social life and customs.
Inde > Mœurs et coutumes.
India
Indien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Down the Ages: Sport in Ancient and Medieval India; 2. Empire of Sport: The Early British Impact on Recreation; 3. White Man's Burden: Teachers, Missionaries, and Administrators ; 4. Players and Patrons: Indian Princes and Sports; 5. The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta; 6. Politics on the Maidan: Sport, Communalism, and Nationalism; 7. The Early Olympics: India's Hockey Triumphs; 8. Lords of the Ring: Tales of Wrestlers and Boxers; 9. Freedom Games: The First Two Decades of Independence.
  • 10. Domestic Sports: State, Club, Office, and Regiment (1947-1970)11. 1971 and After: The Religion Called Cricket; 12. Life Beyond Cricket; Notes; Index.

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