No Birds of Passage

No Birds of Passage
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780674271906
ISBN-13 : 0674271904
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Book Synopsis No Birds of Passage by : Michael O’Sullivan

Download or read book No Birds of Passage written by Michael O’Sullivan and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Birds of Passage explores the remarkable business success of three Gujarati Muslim commercial castes: the Bohras, Khojas, and Memons. Often stereotyped as “Westernized” and as Hindus in all but name, these groups are better seen as having developed a distinctive Muslim capitalism, in which religious and commercial prerogatives are inseparable.


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