Prashant Kidambi
Prashant Kidambi is Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History at the University of Leicester. After completing postgraduate degrees in history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. Kidambi’s research explores the interface between British imperialism and the history of modern South Asia.
Books by Prashant Kidambi
“Cricket Country is really a story of the beginnings of the Indian game. It’s focused on the first all Indian cricket tour of Britain in 1911, but it’s not a sports history. It’s really a social history. He uses a lot of archival material, a lot of research, but presents it in a very engaging way. There are quite lot of surprises.” Read more...
The Best History Books: the 2020 Wolfson Prize shortlist
Richard Evans, Historian
Interviews with Prashant Kidambi
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Stray Thoughts on Indian Cricket
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History of Indian Cricket
by Edward Docker -
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Patrons, Players, and the Crowd: The Phenomenon of Indian Cricket
by Richard Cashman -
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A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
by Ramachandra Guha -
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Migrant Races: Empire, Identity and K.S. Ranjitsinhji
by Satadru Sen
The best books on Indian Cricket, recommended by Prashant Kidambi
The best books on Indian Cricket, recommended by Prashant Kidambi
South Asia has become the beating heart of cricket, with wild enthusiasm for the game at every level of society. Historian Prashant Kidambi—whose book, Cricket Country, was shortlisted for the 2020 Wolfson History Prize—takes us through the history of cricket in India, from its traditional, colonial roots through to the colourful, frenetic national game of today.
Interviews where books by Prashant Kidambi were recommended
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
by David Abulafia -
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Chaucer: A European Life
by Marion Turner -
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A History of the Bible
by John Barton -
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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
by Toby Green -
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Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire
by Prashant Kidambi
The Best History Books: the 2020 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Richard Evans
The Best History Books: the 2020 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Richard Evans
If you’re looking for the best history books published this past year, the annual Wolfson History Prize is a great place to start. Each year, the judges pick out outstanding books that are both originally researched and readable. Historian and Wolfson judge Richard Evans talks us through the six history books that made the 2020 shortlist.
