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Caste and capitalism in colonial India : the Nattukottai Chettiars by Rudner, David West is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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00 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

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Rudner, David West
Publisher
Berkeley: University of California Press
Published
1994
Language
EN
ISBN
9780520072367
Category
history
Subjects
Science, Anthropology, Sociology
Updated
2026-03-25

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