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Levi Scott Cameron |
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Titolo |
The Indian diaspora in Central Asia and its trade, 1550-1900 / / by Scott C. Levi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46645-6 |
9786610466450 |
1-4175-0228-2 |
90-474-0120-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (333 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's Inner Asian library, , 1566-7162 ; ; v. 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hindu diaspora - History |
East Indians - Asia, Central - History |
Merchants, Foreign - Asia, Central - History |
India Commerce Asia, Central History |
Asia, Central Commerce India History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-298) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps and Illustrations; Abbreviations; A Note on Transliterations; Introduction; A Brief Note on Geographical Terminology; Chapter One: The Growth of Indo-Turanian Trade in the Early Modern Period; Chapter Two: The Emergence and Ethnic Composition of the Indian Merchant Diaspora; Chapter Three: The Social Organization of the Indian Merchant Diaspora Beyond the Hindu Kush; Chapter Four: Indian Family Firms and their Economic Function in Early Modern Turan; Chapter Five: Russia and the Transformation of Indo-Turanian Commerce; Conclusion; Appendix One; Appendix Two |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text is concerned with the concept of time in the Bible and in later literature, primarily that of the Judaean Desert sect. The work discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology that arise from the totality of texts dealing with the subject of time. |
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