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C. K. Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this
captivating history of cricket in India, 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 D.
R. Jardine provide a window into the operations of Empire, while
the extraordinary life of India's first great slow bowler,
Palwankar Baloo, introduces 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, this is also a beautifully-written
meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and
on how sport can influence both social and political history.
内容简介
An important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested
in cricket and India, A Corner of a Foreign Field 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. A book that seamlessly interweaves biography
with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of
social change.