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020 _a9781438445885
020 _z9781438445878 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aHD9676.I43
_bJ353 2013
082 0 0 _a338.2/7809544
_223
100 1 _aBabb, Lawrence A.
245 1 0 _aEmerald City
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe birth and evolution of an Indian gemstone industry /
_cLawrence A. Babb.
260 _aAlbany, NY :
_bState University of New York Press,
_cc2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (232 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism -- The rise of the emerald elite -- Doing business -- Contexts -- The decline of the emerald elite.
520 _a"A study of the contemporary gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class. Detailed examination of an industry in a non-Western setting, with contextual background for the Jain religion and recent Jaipur history"--Provided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aEthnology
_zIndia
_zJaipur.
650 0 _aPrecious stone industry
_zIndia
_zJaipur.
651 0 _aJaipur (India)
_xCommerce
_xSocial aspects.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438445885/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c33754
_d33754