Prashant Kidambi (Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History Sch

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Cricket Country

An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire

Beschreibung

The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.

Autor

Prashant Kidambi is Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History at the University of Leicester. After completing graduate degrees in History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate at the University of Oxford. His research explores the interface between British imperialism and the history of modern South Asia, with a specific focus on cities. In addition to numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, he is the author of The Making of an Indian Metropolis: Colonial Governance and Public Culture in Bombay, 1890-1920 (Aldershot, 2007; London and New York, 2016). His other research interests include the social history of sport in colonial and postcolonial India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780198843146
• ISBN-10: 0198843143
• Artikelnr.: 63510427