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Emerald city : the birth and evolution of an Indian gemstone industry / Lawrence A. Babb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Babb, Lawrence A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Precious stone industry--India--Jaipur.
- Precious stone industry.
- Ethnology--India--Jaipur.
- Ethnology.
- Jaipur (India)--Commerce--Social aspects.
- Jaipur (India).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A study of the contemporary gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class. Detailed examination of an industry in a non-Western setting, with contextual background for the Jain religion and recent Jaipur history"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism
- The rise of the emerald elite
- Doing business
- Contexts
- The decline of the emerald elite.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438445885
- 1438445881
- 9781461929253
- 1461929253
- OCLC:
- 841809955
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