India and the Olympics / Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta.
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TextSeries: Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 2.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2009Description: xiii, 277 p., [7] pages of plates : ill. ; [ca. 23-29] cmISBN: 9780415804974 (hardback); 0415804973 (hardback)Subject(s): Olympics -- Participation, Indian -- History -- 20th century | Sports and state -- India | Nationalism -- India | India -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: GV721.4.I4 | M35 2009Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.
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.
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