The conjuror's trick : an interpretive history of paper money in India / Bazil Shaikh.

By:

Shaikh, Bazil [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Emergent perspectives on heritage ; 1Publisher: Mumbai, India : MARG Publications, 2020Description: 247 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9788195380534 (alk. pbk.)
9383243295

Other title:

Paper money in India [Running title]

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DDC classification:

23 332.40440954 SHA 017830

LOC classification:

HG1237 .S53 2020

Also available as an e-book.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Paper money in India : an overview -- chapter 2. The first phase of free banking : 1770-1806 -- chapter 3. The second phase of free banking : 1806-61 -- chapter 4. A government paper currency for India -- chapter 5. In quest of an elastic currency -- chapter 6. War, partition, trade and pilgrimage -- chapter 7. Independence and after -- chapter 8. Paper currency of the princely states and other territories -- chapter 9. Of exigencies and utopias.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	332.40440954 SHA 017830 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		017830

"The publication of this book has been made possible by generous support received from BNP Paribas."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-234) and index.

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