Emerald City

Emerald CityA fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class. Lawrence A. Babb's Emerald City provides an intriguing portrait of the gemstone cutting industry of the North Indian city of Jaipur. It focuses on the ownership class consisting mainly of Jains and members of northern India's traditional trading communities. Based on oral historical investigations of family firms, along with ethnographic observations

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