The global world of Indian merchants, 1750-1947: traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama
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1. Verfasser: Markovits, Claude (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [England] Cambridge University Press 2000
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society 6
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-319) and index
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1 South Asian merchant networks; 2 The regional context: Sind economy and society, c. 1750 ... 1950; 3 The Gate of Khorrassan: the Shikarpuri network, c. 1750 ... 1947; 4 From Kobe to Panama: the Sindworkies of Hyderabad; 5 Patterns of circulation and business organization in two merchant networks; 6 The business of the Sind merchants; 7 The politics of merchant networks; 8 Community and gender in two merchant networks; 9 Epilogue: the Sindhi diaspora after 1947; Conclusion
The book charts the development of merchant communities in the province of Sind from the pre-colonial period, through colonial conquest, to independence. Describing how they came to negotiate trade throughout the world, the book throws light on the nature of these diasporas in their interaction with the global economy
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 327 pages)
ISBN:0511018606
0511050542
0511116888
9780511018602
9780511050541
9780511116889

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