Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India

by Ronojoy Sen

Book Overview

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, while others, such as cricket, have been adopted and made wholly India's own. Sen's innovative project casts sport less as a natural expression of human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231164904
• ISBN13: 9780231164900
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher