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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.
About the Author
David West Rudner is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Boston University.
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- Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications) by Pamela G. Price on page 13, and Back Matter
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- Courts of Pre-Colonial South India: Material Culture and Kingship (Royal Asiatic Society Books) by JENNIFER HOWES in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of Modern India 1480-1950 (Anthem South Asian Studies) by Claude Markovits (Editor) in Back Matter
- Depoliticizing Development: The World Bank and Social Capital (Anthem World Economics Series) by John Harriss in Back Matter
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