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Tata

The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism

Mircea Raianu

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$32.95 • £28.95 • €29.95

ISBN 9780674984516

Publication Date: 07/06/2021

304 pages

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

10 photos

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Mircea Raianu, a historian of global capitalism and modern South Asia, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland.

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On the podcast Who Makes Cents?, listen to Mircea Raianu trace the rise of the Tata Group from cotton and opium trading to multinational conglomerate invested in everything from salt to software and steel—including its involvement with colonial and anticolonial projects, international networks of finance and scientific management, and Cold War geopolitics
Read a MoneyControl Q&A with Raianu about how India’s old business houses managed to leverage the Cold War–era geopolitical minefield into a significant and resilient public sector
On Brown History Podcast, listen to Raianu discuss the history of the Tata corporation
Read a MoneyControl Q&A with Raianu on the relationship between the Tata Group and the state over time

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