Cricket Country - An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)

Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. Today, the Indian cricket team is a powerful national symbol, a unifying force in a country riven by conflicts. But India was represented by a cricket team long before it became an independent nation. Drawing on an unparalleled range of original archival sources, Cricket Country is the story of the first All India cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland. It is also the extraordinary tale of how the idea of India took shape on the cricket field in the high noon of empire. Conceived by an unlikely coalition of colonial and local elites, it took twelve years and three failed attempts before an Indian cricket team made its debut on the playing fields of imperial Britain. This historic tour, which took place against the backdrop of revolutionary politics in the Edwardian era, featured an improbable cast of characters. The teams young captain was the newly enthroned ruler of a powerful Sikh state. The other cricketers were chosen on the basis of their religious identity. Remarkably, for the day, two of the players were Dalits. Over the course of the blazing Coronation summer of 1911, these Indians participated in a collective enterprise that epitomizes the way in which sport and above all cricket helped fashion the imagined communities of both empire and nation.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2019
Authors:	Prashant Kidambi
Dimensions:	238 x 156 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-884313-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Cricket Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-19-884313-5
Barcode:	9780198843139

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