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Bombay's people, 1860-98 : insolvents in the city / Asiya Siddiqi. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siddiqi, Asiya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mumbai (India)--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Mumbai (India).
- Mumbai (India)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Bankruptcy--India--Mumbai--History--20th century.
- Bankruptcy.
- Women--India--Mumbai--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Fluctuations in the global price of cotton had a cataclysmic effect on the people of Bombay. Based on close to 20,000 individual petitions of insolvents submitted to the Bombay High Court during the second half of the nineteenth century, this work maps patterns of income, literacy levels and connections between religion and occupation. The author explores local, colonial and global relationships during a crucial phase of the transformation of Indian economy and society.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 11, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-909107-2
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