Three merchants of Bombay: Trawadi Arjunji Nathji, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, and Premchand Roychand : doing business in times of change
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TextSeries: The story of Indian business Editor Gurcharan DasPublication details: New Delhi Allen Lane 2012Description: 235pISBN: 0313071493Subject(s): Philanthropists Philanthropists Premchund Roychund Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy BusinessmenDDC classification: 338.092254 Summary: ‘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.
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Kannur University Central Library Stack | 338.092254 LAK/T (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 52743 |
‘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.
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