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In the nineteenth century, a tiny community from the deserts of Rajasthan spread out to every corner of India. The Marwaris controlled much of the country's inland trade by the time of the First World War. They then turned their hand to industry and, by the 1970's, owned most of India's private industrial assets.
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Thomas A. Timberg is a scholar and consultant on economic development. His writings cover subjects ranging from Baghdadi Jews in India to contemproary microfinance and Islamic finance. His Harvard doctoral dissertation was on the Marwaris as industrial entrepreneurs and he has continued to follow the affairs of the members of this community.
Gurcharan Das is a world-reknowned author, commentator and public intellectual. His bestselling books in India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good; his newest book is India Grows at Night. A graduate of Harvard University, Das was CEO of Procter & Gamble India before he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. He lives in Delhi.
Gurcharan Das is a world-reknowned author, commentator and public intellectual. His bestselling books in India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good; his newest book is India Grows at Night. A graduate of Harvard University, Das was CEO of Procter & Gamble India before he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. He lives in Delhi.
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- PublisherPortfolio
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0670084980
- ISBN 13 9780670084982
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- Number of pages216
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