From Ranji to Rohan: Cricket and Indian Identity in Colonial Guyana 1890s - 1960s
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (533 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906190275 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 311 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Very informative and thought-provoking. The author stimulates thinking about" according to Norman Gonsalves. Very informative and thought-provoking. The author stimulates thinking about the the subject by expressing strong views and providing copious amounts of supporting material, no doubt gleaned from countless hours of research. Well worth reading.. "Good on Rohan Kanhai who took over as captain of" according to David Sentance. Good on Rohan Kanhai who took over as captain of the West Indies from Gary Sobers. Rohan was Indian in origin and Gary black-that's the story.
Veerasawmy and Chatterpaul 'Doosha' Persaud.'. From the late 19th century onwards, cricket was central to the culture of the British West Indies. By the 1890s, a small Indian middle class in British Guyana - present-day Guyana - began to advance their own credentials of belonging to the region. Seecheram explores the role of cricket in shaping Indo-Guyanese identity, from the example set by Prince Ranjitsinhji, or Ranji', to the seminal achievements of V.A