The Resource India and the Olympics, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
India and the Olympics, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
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The item India and the Olympics, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Massey University Library, University of New Zealand.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The Olympic movement, including the relevant records and statistics, provides a unique prism to understand the complex evolution of modern Indian society. Drawing on hitherto unused archival sources, this book examines the relations between India's place in the Olympic movement and the country's quest for a national and international identity
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 494 pages)
- Contents
-
- Games of self-respect : a colony at the Olympics
- 'Everyone wants a bite of the cherry' : the struggle for control of Olympic sports in India
- The golden years : 'we climb the victory stand'
- Hitler's games : Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian nationalism in the Third Reich
- The 'national' game : hockey in the life of independent India
- 'The fall of Rome' : the fall and decline of Indian hockey
- 'The big brother of Asia' : Nehruvian India, sport diplomacy and a new order
- Appu on television : the 1982 Asiad and the creation of a new Indian public
- When Olympic sports lost out : cricket, television and globalization in India
- The army, Indian-ness and sport : the nation in the Olympic ideal
- Torchbearers of a billion : India at the games
- Isbn
- 9786612595264
- Label
- India and the Olympics
- Title
- India and the Olympics
- Statement of responsibility
- Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Olympic movement, including the relevant records and statistics, provides a unique prism to understand the complex evolution of modern Indian society. Drawing on hitherto unused archival sources, this book examines the relations between India's place in the Olympic movement and the country's quest for a national and international identity
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Majumdar, Boria
- Dewey number
- 796.48
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mehta, Nalin
- Series statement
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society
- Series volume
- 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Olympics
- Sports and state
- Nationalism
- India
- Label
- India and the Olympics, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-365) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Games of self-respect : a colony at the Olympics -- 'Everyone wants a bite of the cherry' : the struggle for control of Olympic sports in India -- The golden years : 'we climb the victory stand' -- Hitler's games : Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian nationalism in the Third Reich -- The 'national' game : hockey in the life of independent India -- 'The fall of Rome' : the fall and decline of Indian hockey -- 'The big brother of Asia' : Nehruvian India, sport diplomacy and a new order -- Appu on television : the 1982 Asiad and the creation of a new Indian public -- When Olympic sports lost out : cricket, television and globalization in India -- The army, Indian-ness and sport : the nation in the Olympic ideal -- Torchbearers of a billion : India at the games
- Control code
- ocn609881028
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 494 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612595264
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Note
- Taylor & Francis
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609881028
- Label
- India and the Olympics, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-365) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Games of self-respect : a colony at the Olympics -- 'Everyone wants a bite of the cherry' : the struggle for control of Olympic sports in India -- The golden years : 'we climb the victory stand' -- Hitler's games : Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian nationalism in the Third Reich -- The 'national' game : hockey in the life of independent India -- 'The fall of Rome' : the fall and decline of Indian hockey -- 'The big brother of Asia' : Nehruvian India, sport diplomacy and a new order -- Appu on television : the 1982 Asiad and the creation of a new Indian public -- When Olympic sports lost out : cricket, television and globalization in India -- The army, Indian-ness and sport : the nation in the Olympic ideal -- Torchbearers of a billion : India at the games
- Control code
- ocn609881028
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 494 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612595264
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Note
- Taylor & Francis
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609881028
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