No Birds of Passage - A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 18001975

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.

About the author

Michael O’Sullivan is Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, where he works on the CAPASIA Project, a research initiative focused on the Asian origins of global capitalism. He has held fellowships at Harvard University’s Joint Center for History and Economics and at Yale Law School.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael O’Sullivan, Michael O’Sullivan, Michael OSullivan, Michael O'Sullivan, Michael O''sullivan
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9780674271906
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27190-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, RELIGION / Islam / History, India, South East Asia, Economic history, History of Religion, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Asian History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism, HISTORY / Asia / South / India