The Indian diaspora in Central Asia and its trade, 1550-1900 / by Scott C. Levi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levi, Scott Cameron.

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 3.

Brill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu diaspora--History.

Hindu diaspora.

East Indians--Asia, Central--History.

East Indians.

Merchants, Foreign--Asia, Central--History.

Merchants, Foreign.

India--Commerce--Asia, Central--History.

India.

Asia, Central--Commerce--India--History.

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is concerned with the concept of time in the Bible and in later literature, primarily that of the Judaean Desert sect. The work discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology that arise from the totality of texts dealing with the subject of time.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps and Illustrations; Abbreviations; A Note on Transliterations; Introduction; A Brief Note on Geographical Terminology; Chapter One: The Growth of Indo-Turanian Trade in the Early Modern Period; Chapter Two: The Emergence and Ethnic Composition of the Indian Merchant Diaspora; Chapter Three: The Social Organization of the Indian Merchant Diaspora Beyond the Hindu Kush; Chapter Four: Indian Family Firms and their Economic Function in Early Modern Turan; Chapter Five: Russia and the Transformation of Indo-Turanian Commerce; Conclusion; Appendix One; Appendix Two

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-298) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46645-6

9786610466450

1-4175-0228-2

90-474-0120-4

OCLC:

55081171