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Palsetia, Jesse S

JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY OF BOMBAY : partnership and public culture in empire / Jesse S. Palsetia. - 1 - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015/01/01 - 209

This work details the life and public career of one of Bombay and India's legendary individuals. Born of humble origins, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was a merchant-prince of Bombay, influential citizen, and one of India's greatest early philanthropists. An ambitious and canny individual, Jejeebhoy carved out a place under British colonialism for himself and the early Indian commercial class, and notwithstanding many challenges is testament to Indian ingenuity undercolonialism.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.

1. The Merchant Prince of Bombay
2. The Civic Partner: Collaborative Colonialism Emerges
3. The Parsi Leader
4. The Standard- Bearer of Charity: Philanthropy as a Collaborative Institution
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Knighthood, Baronetcy, Statue, And The Crown: Symbolic Partnership
6. The Jejeebhoys and The Legacy of Patnership

ISBN: 9780199459216 (hardback) 0199459215 (hardback)

Source: Gifted RRRLF

LCCN: 2015364944

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1783-1859.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Industrialists
Philanthropists
Parsees
Private action.
Business.
Socai Aspects.
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy- Biography.
Indian merchant.--India--Mumbai--Biography.--India--Mumbai--Biography.--India--Mumbai--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 361.74092 / PAL/JA