Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire 9780192581112, 9780198843139

Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. Today, the Indian cricket tea

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Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire
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Indian Travel Writing in the Age of Empire studies a variety of travel narratives by Indian kings, evangelists, statesme

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In Prairie Imperialists, Katharine Bjork examines how the experiences of American Army officers on the domestic frontier

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The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (17551842) exerted her considerable charm to become the f

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Employing the terminology of speculative philanthropy to underscore the ways in which a desire to do good often coexiste

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The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geo

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Starting with the very first Test match that India played in 1932, Indian Cricket chronicles a remarkable journey, highl

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For more than a quarter century, William Logan's witty, bare-knuckled reviews have rocked the pages of the New York

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Professional Indian tells the story of Eleazer Williams: missionary to the Mohawks, Indian confidence man, and icon of a

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