Emerald City
Subtitle: the birth and evolution of an Indian gemstone industry
By: Lawrence A. Babb
Publisher: State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781438445878
Subjects: Social aspects; Commerce; Precious stone industry; Ethnology
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dramatis personae : industrial multiculturalism; title: The rise of the emerald elite; title: Doing business; title: Contexts; title: The decline of the emerald elite.