Emerald city [electronic resource] : the birth and evolution of an Indian gemstone industry / Lawrence A. Babb.

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Babb, Lawrence A

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ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albany : SUNY Press, c2013.Description: xi, 220 p. : illSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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338.2/7809544 23

LOC classification:

HD9676.I43 J353 2013

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Contents:

Dramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism -- The rise of the emerald elite -- Doing business -- Contexts -- The decline of the emerald elite.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism -- The rise of the emerald elite -- Doing business -- Contexts -- The decline of the emerald elite.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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