Emerald City: The Birth and Evolution of an Indian Gemstone Industry
Author:   Lawrence A. Babb
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438445861


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Format:   Paperback
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A fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class.

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Author:   Lawrence A. Babb
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781438445861


ISBN 10:   1438445865
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration 1. Introduction 2. Dramatis Personae: Industrial Multiculturalism 3. The Rise of the Emerald Elite 4. Doing Business 5. Contexts 6. The Decline of the Emerald Elite 7. Conclusion Endnotes References

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"""...engaging ... Gems have long been of enormous cultural and economic importance in South Asia and this book, based on a vanishing oral archive, will long stand as a seminal study of this trade."" - Religious Studies Review"


...engaging ... Gems have long been of enormous cultural and economic importance in South Asia and this book, based on a vanishing oral archive, will long stand as a seminal study of this trade. - Religious Studies Review


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Lawrence A. Babb is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Amherst College. He is the author of several books, including Alchemies of Violence: Myths of Identity and the Life of Trade in Western India and (with John E. Cort and Michael W. Meister) Desert Temples: Sacred Centers of Rajasthan in Historical, Art-Historical, and Social Context.

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