Emerald City: The Birth and Evolution of an Indian Gemstone Industry

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Lawrence A. Babb's Emerald City provides an intriguing portrait of the gemstone cutting industry of the North Indian city of Jaipur. It focuses on the ownership class consisting mainly of Jains and members of northern India's traditional trading communities. Based on oral-historical investigations of family firms, along with ethnographic observations and interviews, the book describes how the industry is organized, when and how it developed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1438445873

ISBN13:9781438445878

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:State University of New York Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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