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1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index. |
| Contents |
Violence and the ways of trade -- Sages and warriors -- Melted warriors -- Warriors exiled -- Going public -- Traders victorious. |
| Summary |
The several trading castes known generically as M̀arwaris ̀are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention to the special problems of self-definition faced by these groups and shows how myth engages these problems by using a distinctive symbolism drawn from the Vedic rite of sacrifice. According, to the author, origin myths utilize sacrifice as a. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marwaris -- India -- Rajasthan -- Ethnic identity.
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Marwaris. |
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India -- Rajasthan. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Marwaris -- India -- Rajasthan -- Folklore.
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Folklore. |
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Merchants -- India -- Rajasthan -- Social life and customs.
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Merchants. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Violence -- India -- Rajasthan -- Folklore.
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Violence. |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Babb, Lawrence A. Alchemies of violence. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004 9780761932239 (DLC) 2004008548 (OCoLC)54974567 |
| ISBN |
9788132103219 (electronic book) |
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8132103211 (electronic book) |
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9788132112648 (ebook) |
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8132112644 (ebook) |
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0761932232 (US-hardback) |
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9780761932239 (US-hardback) |
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8178293528 (India-hardback) |
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9788178293523 (India-hardback) |
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