The article analyzes the interactions between merchant groups and British and Indian politicians in the city port of Surat in the second half of the 18th century by focussing on the working of the three local custom houses.

Social Groups and the Redistribution of Commercial Wealth: The Customs Houses of Surat (1759-1800)

TORRI, Michelguglielmo
1985-01-01

Abstract

The article analyzes the interactions between merchant groups and British and Indian politicians in the city port of Surat in the second half of the 18th century by focussing on the working of the three local custom houses.
1985
1-1
57
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India; Surat; social groups; history of India; 18th century; economic history; social history; rising colonial order
Michelguglielmo Torri
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