Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay : partnership and public culture in empire

Author/Creator:

Palsetia, Jesse S., author

Publication/Creation:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay : partnership and public culture in empire / Jesse S. Palsetia

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,1783-1859
Businesspeople--India--Biography
Philanthropists--India--Biography
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Biography

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- The merchant-prince of Bombay -- The civic partner : collaborative colonialism emerges -- The Parsi leader -- The standard-bearer of charity : philanthropy as a collaborative institution -- Knighthood, baronetcy, statue, and the crown : symbolic partnership -- The Jejeebhoys and the legacy of partnership.

Summary:

"This book details the life and public career of one of India's legendary individuals--Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the first Indian knight and baronet. Born of humble origins, he went from collecting and selling empty bottles to building a business empire through the nineteenth-century China trade. Hailed as one of India's greatest philanthropists of the colonial era, Jejeebhoy utilized his wealth for copious charity for the people of Bombay and western India. But he was also an ambitious and canny actor within the colonial framework, whose ambitions went beyond altruistic desires to benefit society. Jejeebhoy belonged to the collaborationist class that emerged under early colonialism. This class--which also included prominent figures like Dwarkanath Tagore, the merchant-prince from Bengal--served as an important medium between the imperial and Indian cultures. However, the limits of collaboration for Indians were evident--Jejeebhoy faced many bureaucratic and cultural obstacles in his encounters with the imperial order. His efforts to promote himself and indigenous capabilities bear testimony to Indian ingenuity under the colonial regime."--Dust jacket.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936562344202486

ISBN:

9780199459216
0199459215

OCLC Number:

913853293

Barcode:

010002963895