A detailed study of sports' arrival, spread and advance in colonial and post-colonial South Asia. A selection of articles addresses critical issues of nationalism, communalism, commercialism and gender through the lens of sport. This book makes the point that the social histories of South Asian sport cannot be understood by simply looking at the history of the game in one province or region. Furthermore, it demonstrates that it would be wrong to understand sport in terms of the exigencies of the colonial state. Drawing inspiration from C.L.R. James' well-known epigram, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?' the findings suggest that South Asian sport makes sense only when it is placed within the broader colonial and post-colonial context. The book demonstrates that sport not only influences politics and vice versa, but that the two are inseparable. Sport is not only political, it is politics, intrigue, culture and art. To deny this is to denigrate the position of sport in modern South Asian society. This volume was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

This work traces the history, achievements and prospects of football in India and among global south Asian communities.

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: Games and sports are a part of everyday life. From the old days games are played in different manners. Different types of games are played at different places and zones of the world. However the modern games were introduced only after the British occupation in Assam. All these games are not played by male and female. In Assam some traditional games were played by the old as well as young. An attempt has been made to highlight this.

A unique source of social and economic information on this increasingly important region.

Organized around four themes key to the study of sport (perspectives, inclusion, commercialization and the international context), this text provides a student introduction to the field.

Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.