Strange riches
Subtitle: Bengal in the mercantile map of South Asia
By: Rila Mukherjee
Publisher: Foundation Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Commerce; History; Merchants
Description: An attempts to highlight the commercial and social history of erstwhile Bengal in 18th century.
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

"This book attempts to understand the commercial and social history of erstwhile Bengal in terms of its link with its neighbouring countries in the northern region of the Bay of Bengal"--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-420) and index.