The life and times of G.D. Birla /
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| Author / Creator: | Kudaisya, Medha M. |
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| Imprint: | New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xv, 434 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5066093 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- The Birlas: Geneology
- 1. The Birlas: From Pilani to Bara Bazaar, 1858-1910
- 2. In the Forefront of the Calcutta Marwaris, 1911-9
- 3. Widening the Horizon: In Search of a Public Career, 1920-6
- 4. 'In the Shadow of the Mahatma'
- 5. The Spokesman of Indian Big Business
- 6. In the Mainstream of Nationalist Politics
- 7. A Crucial Decade for the Family
- 8. The War Years
- 9. The Political Economy of India's Partition
- 10. Hosting the Mahatma
- 11. At the Peak: the Duumvirate Years
- 12. Transition to Nehruvian India
- 13. Socialism, Nehru-style
- 14. Business Fortunes in Nehru's India
- 15. 'Reforms by Stealth': the Promise of the Shastri Years
- 16. Out of Tune with the New Politics
- 17. Twilight Years
- 18. Legacies
- 19. Bibliography
- 20. Glossary
- 21. Biographical Notes
- 22. Index
- 23. Photographs between pages