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Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay : partnership and public culture in empire /

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"This book details the life and public career of one of India's legendary individuals--Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the first Indian knight and baronet. Born of humble origins, he went from collecting and selling empty bottles to building a business empire through the nineteenth-century China trad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palsetia, Jesse S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, > 1783-1859.
Businesspeople > India > Biography.
Philanthropists > India > Biography.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947 > Biography.
British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
Businesspeople.
Philanthropists.
India.
1765-1947
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The merchant-prince of Bombay
  • The civic partner : collaborative colonialism emerges
  • The Parsi leader
  • The standard-bearer of charity : philanthropy as a collaborative institution
  • Knighthood, baronetcy, statue, and the crown : symbolic partnership
  • The Jejeebhoys and the legacy of partnership.