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The billionaire Raj : a journey through India's new gilded age
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- Summary
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"A colorful and revealing portrait of India's new billionaire class, in a nation torn by radical inequality"--
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- Creator
- James Crabtree
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First U.S. edition
- New York : Tim Duggan Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
- Physical Details
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- vii, 408 pages : map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781524760069, 1524760064, 9781524760083
- OCLC
- on1035944069
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-390) and index.
- Part I: Robber barons. Ambaniland ; The good times begin ; Rise of the Bollygarchs -- Part II: Political machines. India modified ; The season of scams ; Money power politics ; Cronyism goes south -- Part III: A new gilded age. House of debt ; The anxious tycoons ; More than a game ; The nation wants to know ; The tragedies of Modi -- Conclusion: A progressive era?
Subjects
- Income distribution -- India.
- Equality -- India.
- Poverty -- India.
- India -- Economic conditions.
- Social classes -- India.
Children's Subject Heading
- India -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
Children's Subject Heading
- India -- Social conditions -- 1947-
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