No Birds of Passage : A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 1800-1975.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Sullivan, Michael, 1988-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business--Religious aspects--Islam.

Business.

Capitalism--India--History.

Capitalism.

International business enterprises--India--History.

International business enterprises.

Ismailites--India--History.

Ismailites.

Khojahs--India--History.

Khojahs.

Memons--India--History.

Memons.

India--Commerce--History.

India.

Gujarat (India)--Economic conditions.

Gujarat (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2023.

Summary:

No Birds of Passage explores the remarkable business success of three Gujarati Muslim commercial castes: the Bohras, Khojas, and Memons. Often stereotyped as "Westernized" and as Hindus in all but name, these groups are better seen as having developed a distinctive Muslim capitalism, in which religious and commercial prerogatives are inseparable.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraphs

Contents

Notes on the Text

Introduction

Part I

1. The Making of Gujarati Muslim Middle Power Circa 1800-1850

2. The Vise of Legal Exceptionalism and Colonial Capitalism 1850-1880

3. Clarifying and Contesting Religious Authority 1880-1912

4. Racialized Empire, Thrifting, and Swadeshi 1880-1912

Part II

5. Corporate Crises from the Balkan Wars to the Great Depression 1912-1933

6. The Battle over Jamaat Trusts 1923-1935

7. The Jamaats and the End of the Raj 1933-1947

8. Decolonization and Postcolonial Dilemmas 1947-1975

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-29496-3

0-674-29497-1

OCLC:

1394103663