a corner of a foreign field by ramachandra guha

Charting the social history of cricket in India he not only sheds light on the way a society works during a time of massive social and political transformation (the small but important social arguments that take place - for example, the staking out of territory in terms of public parks the changes in position between the ruler and the ruled and within the limits of caste and class) but he also brilliantly traces the links between sport and politics. Ramachandra Guha's book is an extraordinary work of non-fiction. The third book is a definitive biography of Gandhi - Gandhi is regarded as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century and Guha is the perfect biographer. A Corner of a Foreign Field seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of famous or forgotten cricketers with wider processes of social change.

It will be very international and hugely enlightening. The second book is a fascinating anthology of what people have said about Gandhi - from politicians, writers, artists. The first will be an Indian history of a British sport - cricket which will be written in his usual animated and highly informed way. Here he is offering three books to Picador. A Corner of a Foreign Field seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of famous or forgotten cricketers with wider processes of social change. A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport is a 2002 book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha that offers a historical account of. ISBN: 9780143429128 Length : 360 Pages MRP : 399.00 Democrats and Dissenters Ramachandra Guha A major new collection of essays by Ramachandra Guha, Democrats and Dissenters is a work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest, written with elegance and wit. Ramachandra Guha is one of the world's foremost historians and writers on cricket.

A corner of a foreign field by ramachandra guha