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Author Babb, Lawrence A.

Title Emerald City : the birth and evolution of an Indian gemstone industry / Lawrence A. Babb
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Dramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism -- The rise of the emerald elite -- Doing business -- Contexts -- The decline of the emerald elite
Summary "A study of the contemporary gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class. Detailed examination of an industry in a non-Western setting, with contextual background for the Jain religion and recent Jaipur history"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Precious stone industry -- India -- Jaipur
Ethnology -- India -- Jaipur
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Commerce -- Social aspects
Ethnology
Precious stone industry
SUBJECT Jaipur (India) -- Commerce -- Social aspects
Subject India -- Jaipur
Jaipur.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012015234
ISBN 9781461929253
1461929253
9781438445885
1438445881