Bankrolling Empire : Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India

Sudev Sheth

ISBN 10: 1009330225 / ISBN 13: 9781009330220

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Synopsis :

By the 1660s, the mighty Mughal Empire controlled the Indian subcontinent and impressed the world with its strength and opulence. Yet hardly two decades would pass before fortunes would turn, Mughal kings and governors losing influence to rival warlords and foreign powers. How could leaders of one of the most dominant early modern polities lose their grip over empire? Sudev Sheth proposes a new point of departure, focusing on diverse local and hitherto unexplored evidence about a prominent financier family entrenched in bankrolling Mughal elites and their successors. Analyzing how four generations of the Jhaveri family of Gujarat financed politics, he offers a fresh take on the dissolution of the Mughal empire, the birth of princely successor states, and the nature of economic life in the days leading up to the colonial domination of India.

À propos de l'auteur: Sudev Sheth is Senior Lecturer in History at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches across the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Bankrolling Empire : Family Fortunes and ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : New
Edition : Edition internationale