In this remarkable 1994 work of comparative economic history, Stephen Dale studies the activities and economic significance of the Indian mercantile communities which traded in Iran, Central Asia and Russia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author uses Russian sources, hitherto largely ignored, to show that these merchants represented part of the hegemonic trade diaspora of the Indian world economy, thus challenging the conventional interpretation of world economic history that European merchants overwhelmed their Asian counterparts in the early modern era. The book not only demonstrates the vitality of Indian mercantile capitalism, but also offers a unique insight into the social characteristics of an Indian expatriate trading community in the Volga-Caspian port of Astrakhan.
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Stephen Dale analyses the economic significance of the Indian, non-Muslim mercantile community that traded in Iran, Central Asia and Russia in the early modern era. He demonstrates the vitality of Indian mercantile capitalism and an insight into the social characteristics of an expatriate trading community in the Volga-Caspian port of Astrakan.
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l. An Indian world economy; 2. India, Iran and Turan in 1600; 3. The Indian diaspora in Iran and Turan; 4. Indo-Russian commerce in the early modern era; 5. The Indian diaspora in the Volga basin; 6. Imperial collapse, mercantilism and the Mughul diaspora.
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"...a work of extraordinary value and insight, with the additional virtue of brevity....will fascinate students of Russian, Central Asian, Iranian, Indian, and global history." Turkish Studies Association Bulletin
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This 1994 book assesses the economic significance of Indian, mercantile communities trading in Iran, Central Asia and Russia.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780521454605
Publisert
1994-05-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
410 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
178