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The Global World of Indian Merchants, 17501947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society)
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Product Description
Claude 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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1912478 in Books
- Published on: 2000-06-22
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 344 pages
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From the hardback review: ‘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
Customer Reviews
Superb Book!
It is an excellent book and the author has done an excellent job.
He talks about the Sindhis traders before the partition, but it is still relevent to today!.
The book starts off as "They [Sindhis] are found in the main tourist detinations as well as in the major business centres. In the Canary Islands, which attract tourists from all over Europe, they own hundres of bazaars in which they sell cheap electronic goods imported from the Far East as well as souvenirs. In Nigeria, they contract a fair share of the country's supermarkets and have a stake in the textile and oher manufacturing industries. In Hong Kong and Singapore ....."
The authors goes on to say that very little is written about Sindhis themselves because they were far more concerned with trading!
Go buy a copy! Once they sell out, it will be hard to get hold of a copy!!
