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Cricket as a colonial weapon
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Dr Souvik Naha reveals how the Victorians used cricket to export “British virtues” across the empireFor 19th-century imperialists, cricket wasn’t just a game, it was a means of exporting “British virtues” across the empire. Dr Souvik Naha tells Spencer Mizen about the sport’s great “civilising mission”.
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Released:
Nov 3, 2021
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