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PATRONS, PLAYERS AND THE CROWD: THE PHENOMENON OF INDIAN CRICKET

PATRONS, PLAYERS AND THE CROWD: THE PHENOMENON OF INDIAN CRICKET

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A meticulously researched study into how Indian cricket grew from its British colonial origin pre-1947 to the hysteria of national aspiration that it had become by 1979.

8vo. 194pp. Dust-wapper, lightly rubbed. Good condition. 

Date
1980
Publisher
New Delhi: Orient Longman
Author
Richard CASHMAN

£30.00 (Code: 101098)

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