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No Birds of Passage

A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 1800–1975

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$49.95 • £43.95 • €45.95

ISBN 9780674271906

Publication Date: 09/19/2023

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400 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

21 photos, 6 illus., 2 maps, and 1 table

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  • Notes on the Text
  • Map: India, 1805
  • Map: British Empire and Trade Routes c. 1885
  • Introduction: From Greater Gujarat to Japan and Beyond
  • Part I
    • 1. The Making of Gujarati Muslim Middle Power circa 1800–1850
    • 2. The Vise of Legal Exceptionalism and Colonial Capitalism, 1850–1880
    • 3. Clarifying and Contesting Religious Authority, 1880–1912
    • 4. Racialized Empire, Thrifting, and Swadeshi, 1880–1912
  • Part II
    • 5. Corporate Crises from the Balkan Wars to the Great Depression, 1912–1933
    • 6. The Battle over Jamaat Trusts, 1923–1935
    • 7. The Jamaats and the End of the Raj, 1933–1947
    • 8. Decolonization and Postcolonial Dilemmas, 1947–1975
  • Conclusion: The Past and Future of Corporate Islam
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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