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The magic of Indian cricket : cricket and society in India / Mihir Bose.
Van Pelt Library GV928.I4 B678 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bose, Mihir, 1947-
- Series:
- Sport in the global society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cricket--Social aspects--India.
- Cricket.
- Nationalism and sports--India.
- Nationalism and sports.
- Cricket--Social aspects.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Summary:
- In the last twenty, Indian cricket - like India itself - has been transformed. With the arrival of global television networks, mass-media coverage and multinational sponsors, cricket has become big business and India has become the economic driving force in the world game. For the first time, a developing country has become a major player in the international sports arena.
- This fully updated and revised edition of Mihir Bose's classic study of Indian cricket is a unique and involving account of the Indian cricket phenomenon. Drawing on a combination of extensive research and personal experience, Bose traces the development of the Indian game from its beginnings as a colonial pastime to its coming of age as a national passion, and now a global powerhouse.
- Insightful, honest and challenging, this illuminating study tackles issues of race, caste, politics, national consciousness and ambition, money, celebrity and the media, evoking all the unpredictability, frustration and glory that is the magic of Indian cricket.
- Contents:
- 1 India - whose India? 1
- 2 Khel-khood as cricket 45
- 3 Middle India and the cricket Raj 91
- 4 The gully, the maidan and the mali 117
- 5 An English sporting Eden in India 129
- 6 Ranji's burden 144
- 7 The besieged hero 175
- 8 The Nawabi legend 202
- 9 Vegetarians, fast bowlers and violence 222
- 10 Gods and boys 230
- 11 Shining India or poverty of ambition? 242
- 12 My India, my England 261.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0415356911
- 041535692X
- 0203002911
- OCLC:
- 59360159
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415356916
- 9780415356923
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