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Caste and capitalism in colonial India : the Nattukottai Chettiars
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In this paper, a detailed ethnographic and historial analysis of a southern Indian merchant-banking caste provides an analysis of the links between Indian business practice and social and religious issues, and argues that caste and commerce are inextricably linked to the formation and distribution of capital.Abstract:
This detailed ethnographic and historial analysis of a southern Indian merchant-banking caste provides an analysis of the links between Indian business practice and social and religious issues. It explores non-capitalist economic formations and the impact of colonial rule on indigenous commercial systems, and argues that caste and commerce are inextricably linked to the formation and distribution of capital. The author challenges the assumptions that all castes are organized either by marriage alliances or status hierarchy, and that caste structures are incompatible with the conduct of business.read more
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The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama
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A Matching Theory of Entrepreneurs' Tie Formation Intentions and Initiation of Economic Exchange
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Caste and development: Contemporary perspectives on a structure of discrimination and advantage
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The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History
TL;DR: Beaujard as mentioned in this paper presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE, and shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world, leading to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy.