Author: Edward FarrPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A companion to Corner's Every child's England. Every child's Scripture history, adapted from 'dr. Kitto and miss Corner's Scripture history simplified'.
Author: Edward FarrA Corner of a Foreign Field
Author: Ramachandra GuhaPublisher: Random House India
ISBN: 9351186938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
A Corner of a Foreign Field seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of famous or forgotten cricketers with wider processes of social change. C. K. Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this book but so, too, in unexpected ways, do B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and M. A. Jinnah. The Indian careers of those great British cricketers, Lord Harris and D. R. Jardine, provide a window into the operations of Empire. The remarkable life of India’s first great slow bowler, Palwankar Baloo, provides an arresting new perspective on the struggle against caste discrimination. Later chapters explore the competition between Hindu and Muslim cricketers in colonial India and the destructive passions now provoked when India plays Pakistan. For this new edition, Ramachandra Guha has added a fresh introduction as well as a long new chapter, bringing the story up to date to cover, among other things, the advent of the Indian Premier League and the Indian team’s victory in the World Cup of 2011, these linked to social and economic transformations in contemporary India. A pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in either of those vast themes, cricket and India, A Corner of a Foreign Field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large.
The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British Literature
Author: The History of England: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Adapted for Youth, Schools, and Families. With Plates and a Map
Author: Julia CORNERThe Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: The Bookseller
Author: Publisher and Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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