Fluctuations in the global price of cotton had a cataclysmic effect on the people of Bombay. Based on close to 20,000 individual petitions of insolvents submitted to the Bombay High Court during the second half of the nineteenth century, this work maps patterns of income, literacy levels and connections between religion and occupation. The author explores local, colonial and global relationships during a crucial phase of the transformation of Indian economy and society.
Fluctuations in the global price of cotton had a cataclysmic effect on the people of Bombay. Based on close to 20,000 individual petitions of insolvents submitted to the Bombay High Court during the second half of the nineteenth century, this work maps patterns of income, literacy levels and connections between religion and occupation. The author explores local, colonial and global relationships during a crucial phase of the transformation of Indian economy and society.
Asiya Siddiqi is Former Professor, Department of History, University of Bombay, Mumbai.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword by Amar Farooqui * List of Figures, Occupational Codes and Tables * Introduction * Chapter 1: Business and Social Relationships in Nineteenth Century Bombay * Chapter 2: The Bigger Merchants * Chapter 3: Reading the Records: Literacy and Social-Occupational Stratification * Chapter 4: Religion and Occupation * Chapter 5: Insolvent Women * Chapter 6: Ayesha's World: A Butcher's Family in Nineteenth-century Bombay * Conclusion * Index * About the Author
* Foreword by Amar Farooqui * List of Figures, Occupational Codes and Tables * Introduction * Chapter 1: Business and Social Relationships in Nineteenth Century Bombay * Chapter 2: The Bigger Merchants * Chapter 3: Reading the Records: Literacy and Social-Occupational Stratification * Chapter 4: Religion and Occupation * Chapter 5: Insolvent Women * Chapter 6: Ayesha's World: A Butcher's Family in Nineteenth-century Bombay * Conclusion * Index * About the Author
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