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The conjuror's trick : an interpretive history of paper money in India
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- Creator
- Bazil Shaikh
- Other Title
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- Paper money in India
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Mumbai, India : MARG Publications, December 2020
- Physical Details
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- 247 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789383243297, 9383243295, 9788195380534, 8195380530
- OCLC
- on1245958668
- "The publication of this book has been made possible by generous support received from BNP Paribas."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-234) and index.
- Also available as an e-book.
- Foreword -- Preface -- chapter 1. Paper money in India : an overview -- chapter 2. The first phase of free banking : 1770-1806 -- chapter 3. The second phase of free banking : 1806-61 -- chapter 4. A government paper currency for India -- chapter 5. In quest of an elastic currency -- chapter 6. War, partition, trade and pilgrimage -- chapter 7. Independence and after -- chapter 8. Paper currency of the princely states and other territories -- chapter 9. Of exigencies and utopias -- Notes -- Image sources -- Index -- Acknowledgements