Useful friendship : Europeans and Indians in early Calcutta / Peter Robb.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xii, 293 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780198099185 (hbk.)
- 0198099185
- Europeans -- India -- Kolkata -- History -- 18th century
- Europeans -- India -- Kolkata -- History -- 19th century
- Kolkata (India) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Kolkata (India) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Kolkata (India) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century
- Kolkata (India) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
- 307.76095414709033 ROB 23 006749
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-286) and index.
Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Friendship in form and function ; 2. Colonial friendship ; 3. Money and friendship ; 4. Standing and duty ; 5. Getting work ; 6. Friendly profiteers ; 7. Friendship's impossibility ; 8. Serving friends ; Notes ; Works cited ; About the Author ; Index
Robb's portrayal of Calcutta around 1800, the last of three studies based on the huge diary of Richard Blechynden, architect and surveyor, focuses on meddling Europeans and the workings of friendship. It shows friendly norms and networks underwriting credit, securing jobs, shaping work-practices, facilitating town-development and mediating for law and administration, while mostly excluding Indian employers, partners, agents and employees.
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