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University of California Press, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Paperback / softback. New. David Rudner's richly detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of a South Indian merchant-banking caste provides the first comprehensive analysis of the interdependence among Indian business practice, social organization, and religion. Exploring noncapitalist economic formations and the impact of colonial rule on indigenous commercial systems, Rudner argues that caste and commerce are inextricably linked through formal and informal institutions. The practices crucial to the formation and distribution of capital are also a part of this linkage. Rudner challenges the widely held assumptions that all castes are organized either by marriage alliance or status hierarchy and that caste structures are incompatible with the "rational" conduct of business. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach,… Read More

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Minor rubbing. VG. 20pp photoplates. Indian Historical Sociology Univ. of California Press Berkeley [CA] (1994) orig.wrappers 24x15cm, xix,341 pp., PAPERBACK.

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University of California Press, 2022. Paperback. New. 390 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.90 inches.

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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/None. 341pp; No DJ, green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine condition. Richly detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of a South Indian merchant-banking caste, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the interdependence among Indian business practice, social organization, and religion. Illustrated with photos, maps & diagrams.

Univ of California Pr, 2022. Hardcover. New. 390 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.00 inches.

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