The Oxford history of Indian business /

The Oxford history of Indian business /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tripathi, Dwijendra.
Imprint:	New Delhi : New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description:	xi, 371 p. : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Business enterprises. Commerce. Business enterprises -- India -- History. India -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century. India -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century. India. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5627809

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ISBN:	0195659686
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-359) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Backdrop: Indian Business c.1700
3. Merchants during the Imperial Crisis
4. The Age of the Agency Houses
5. Experiments in Indo-British Partnership
6. The Western Scenario
7. The Beginnings of a New Age
8. An Insane Interlude
9. Rise of the Industrial Elite
10. The Beginnings of Modern Business Instrumentalities
11. Developing an Identity
12. Towards Maturity
13. Expatriates and Multinationals
14. During the War and Beyond
15. Technology Choices in Colonial India
16. Business and Politics in Colonial India
17. Business Enterprise in Free India
18. Summing Up
App. I. Samples of managing agency arrangements
App. II. Fifty-largest business groups in the private sector in 1997
App. III. Fifty-largest public sector undertakings in 1997
App. IV. Current names of places mentioned in the text.