No birds of passage a history of Gujarati Muslim business communities, 1800-1975
"No Birds of Passage explores the remarkable business success of three Gujarati Muslim commercial castes: the Bohras, Khojas, and Memons. Often stereotyped as Westernized and as Hindus in all but name, these groups are better seen as having developed a distinctive Muslim capitalism, in which re...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England
Harvard University Press
2023
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| Schlagworte: |
Muslime
> Wirtschaftsgeschichte
> Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen
> Indien
> Business
> Religious aspects
> Ismailites
> History
> Khojahs
> Memons
> International business enterprises
> Capitalism
> Asian history
> Asiatische Geschichte
> BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
> BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise
> Economic history
> Economic systems & structures
> HIS062000
> HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
> Islam
> RELIGION / Islam / History
> Wirtschaftssysteme und -strukturen
> India
> Commerce
> Gujarat (India)
> Economic conditions
> Bohoras
> Hodjas
> Wirtschaft
> Geschichte 1800-1975
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| Zusammenfassung: | "No Birds of Passage explores the remarkable business success of three Gujarati Muslim commercial castes: the Bohras, Khojas, and Memons. Often stereotyped as Westernized and as Hindus in all but name, these groups are better seen as having developed a distinctive Muslim capitalism, in which religious and commercial prerogatives are inseparable." "A sweeping account of three Gujarati Muslim trading castes - the Bohras, Khojas, and Memons - whose commercial success over nearly two centuries sheds new light on the history of capitalism, Islam, and empire in South Asia." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 386 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780674271906 978-0-674-27190-6 |