{"product_id":"the-global-world-of-indian-merchants-1750-1947-traders-of-sind-from-bukhara-to-panama-hardback-9780521622851","title":"The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947; Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama (Hardback) 9780521622851","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTraders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharts the development of merchant communities in Sind and their interaction with the global economy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaude Markovits (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521622851, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 June 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 7 maps  13 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'The story of the global merchants of Sind was worth telling, and Markovits has told it like a novelist and a historian. All scholars of Indian economic and social history should be grateful to him.' The Book Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eClaude Markovits tells the story of two groups of Hindu merchants from the towns of Shikarpur and Hyderabad in the province of Sind. Basing his account on previously neglected archival sources, the author charts the development of these communities, from the pre-colonial period through colonial conquest and up to independence, describing how they came to control trading networks throughout the world. While the book focuses on the trade of goods, money and information from Sind to the widely dispersed locations of Kobe, Panama, Bukhara and Cairo, it also throws light on the nature of trading diasporas from South Asia in their interaction with the global economy. This is a sophisticated and accessible book, written by one of the most distinguished economic historians in the field. It will appeal to scholars of South Asia, as well as to colonial historians and to students of religion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. South Asian merchant networks\u003cbr\u003e 2. The regional context: Sind economy and society, c. 1750–1950\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Gate of Khorrassan: the Shikarpuri network, c. 1750–1947\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Kobe to Panama: the Sindworkies of Hyderabad\u003cbr\u003e 5. Patterns of circulation and business organization in two merchant networks\u003cbr\u003e 6. The business of the Sind merchants\u003cbr\u003e 7. The politics of merchant networks\u003cbr\u003e 8. Community and gender in two merchant networks\u003cbr\u003e 9. Epilogue: the Sindhi diaspora after 1947\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913324028184,"sku":"9780521622851","price":94.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521622851i_466ab49f-bb5c-4b52-833c-9c98b0b87634.jpg?v=1691370669","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-global-world-of-indian-merchants-1750-1947-traders-of-sind-from-bukhara-to-panama-hardback-9780521622851","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}