Indigenous Capital and Imperial Expansion Bombay, Surat and the West Coast |
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| Author:
| Subramanian, Lakshmi |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-563559-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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BLStudies the dynamics of English Imperial expansion on the west coast of India Subramanian highlights the critical role played by Bania credit and capital in the English triumph over the Maratha Confederacy in Western India at the turn of the century. In a tale of two cities--Surat and Bombay--the author shows how merchant communities coped between two empires, the Mughal and the British.
BLStudies the dynamics of English Imperial expansion on the west coast of India Subramanian highlights the critical role played by Bania credit and capital in the English triumph over the Maratha Confederacy in Western India at the turn of the century. In a tale of two cities--Surat and Bombay--the author shows how merchant communities coped between two empires, the Mughal and the British.