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Batting for the Empire
The Definitive Biography Of An Indian Prince And English Cricketer Ranji Is Enshrined In Popular Perception As The Sporting Icon Who Electrified Victorian England And Scored Over 25,000 Runs Without Ever Playing A Christian Stroke . But There Was A Lot More To The Mysterious Prince Of Hindoo And Much Of It Doesn T Quite Fit With The Extant Stereotype Of The Charming, Generous Sportsman, Progressive Ruler And Enlightened Statesman. The Picture That Emerges From This Long-Overdue Political Biography Is That Of Hrh Jekyll And Maharaja Hyde. The Jam Saheb Of Nawanagar Was An Autocrat, An Often-Absentee Landlord Who Was Flayed By The Press For Ruthlessly Squeezing Money Out Of His Subjects For A ...
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Soccer in South Asia
The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered. Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and problems facing the sport in south Asia are outlined.
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Latin American Sport Media
This book provides an historical overview of the formation of sports media in Latin America and its role in the construction of the political history of Latin American sport. The sports press was a privileged observer of the development of modern sports, but it was also a key factor in the making of professional sports in Latin America. Most of the literature on sport in Latin America treats the sports press as an historical source, rarely taking it as an object of study in itself. However, the development of sports in the region is connected to national and state-building processes and the role of media narratives is crucial to understanding how sports participate in those processes. Spanni...
The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspective
The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is published in eleven official EU languages and so is the most international planning policy document that exists. This book is the only comprehensive account of the process of preparing, negotiating and adopting this document. It outlines the differing perspectives of the European member states and shows that the last thing its proponents wanted is a masterplan. The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspective is a unique book offering a snapshot of contemporary European spatial planning.
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Legalizing Moves
Examines the transnational implications of immigrants' legalization efforts
Anarchists and Communists in Brazil, 1900-1935
In providing a detailed account of the leftist opposition and its bloody repression in Brazil during the Old Republic and the early years of the Vargas regime, John W. F. Dulles gives considerable attention to the labor movement, generally neglected by historians. This study focuses on the formation and activities of anarchists and Communists, the two most important radical groups working within Brazilian labor. Relying on a wide variety of sources, including interviews and personal papers, Dulles supplies information that for the most part is unavailable in English and not easily accessible in Portuguese. The struggles of Brazilian workers—usually against an alliance of company owners, st...
