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Philanthropy and the Development of Modern India
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Philanthropy and the Development of Modern India

In the Name of Nation
BookHardcover
Ranking23457in
CHF110.00

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This volumes draws on the history of the philanthropy of India's economic elites to examine how their ideas and understanding of development have shifted and changed over time. Kumar shows how development in India provided the moral justification for the protection of commercial interests during a turbulent period of Indian history.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-886863-7
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publishing date27/10/2021
SeriesCritical Frontiers Of Theory, Research, And Policy In International Development Studies
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 160 mm, Height 241 mm, Thickness 17 mm
Weight486 g
Article no.9212618
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.36051902
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Arun Kumar is a Lecturer at the University of York, UK. He researches the role of businesses and philanthropy in India's development. His archival research has been funded by the Economic History Society, UK and the Rockefeller Archives Center, USA. In an earlier life, he was trained as an architect and a development manager, and worked for nearly eight years consulting with advocacy groups, NGOs, think tanks, donors, and independent research organizations in India.

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