Three Merchants of Bombay: Business Pioneers of the Nineteenth Century

Lakshmi Subramanian,Gurcharan Das (Intro.)

ISBN 10: 0143426192 / ISBN 13: 9780143426196

Edité par Penguin/Portfolio, 2016

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Synopsis :

Captures the transformation of the city's business forefathers from adventurous traders to gentlemen-capitalists' - Indian Express Three Merchants of Bombay is the story of three intrepid merchants who traded out of Bombay in the nineteenth century-Tarwady Arjunjee, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Premchand Roychand-founding pioneering business empires based on trade in cotton and opium. Set against the backdrop of global and local economies undergoing rapid and unforeseen change, these stories stand as a microcosm for the history of indigenous capitalism in western India. In this succinct and lucid account, Lakshmi Subramanian traces that history and locates it in the greater narrative of the economic development of India, South Asia and the world.

À propos de l'auteur: Lakshmi Subramanian is professor of history at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata. She has a PhD from Visva-Bharati (Santiniketan) and has previously taught at Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, the University of Calcutta and Visva-Bharati.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Three Merchants of Bombay: Business Pioneers...
Éditeur : Penguin/Portfolio
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette