JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY OF BOMBAY : partnership and public culture in empire / Jesse S. Palsetia.
Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015/01/01Edition: 1Description: 209ISBN:- 9780199459216 (hardback)
- 0199459215 (hardback)
- 361.74092 PAL/JA
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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.
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.
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