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NATION AT PLAY - A HISTORY OF SPORT IN INDIA

NATION AT PLAY - A HISTORY OF SPORT IN INDIA

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A wide-ranging exploration of India's engagement with sport from ancient times to the present, following the country's cultural and political development and illustrating how some native sports have fallen out of favour while others, particularly cricket, have been adopted as central to India's identity.

8vo. 382pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition.

Date
2015
Publisher
New York: Columbia University Press
Author
Ronojoy SEN

£20.00 (Code: 91793)

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