Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay [electronic resource] : partnership and public culture in empire / Jesse S. Palsetia.
Palsetia, Jesse S., author.
2016
DS475.2.J36 P35 2015e b
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Title Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay [electronic resource] : partnership and public culture in empire / Jesse S. Palsetia.
Author Palsetia, Jesse S., author.
ISBN 9780199086337 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199459216
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199459216 doi
Call Number DS475.2.J36 P35 2015e b
Dewey Decimal Classification 954.03092
Summary "This book details the life and public career of one of India's legendary individuals--Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the first Indian knight and baronet. Born of humble origins, he went from collecting and selling empty bottles to building a business empire through the nineteenth-century China trade. Hailed as one of India's greatest philanthropists of the colonial era, Jejeebhoy utilized his wealth for copious charity for the people of Bombay and western India. But he was also an ambitious and canny actor within the colonial framework, whose ambitions went beyond altruistic desires to benefit society. Jejeebhoy belonged to the collaborationist class that emerged under early colonialism. This class--which also included prominent figures like Dwarkanath Tagore, the merchant-prince from Bengal--served as an important medium between the imperial and Indian cultures. However, the limits of collaboration for Indians were evident--Jejeebhoy faced many bureaucratic and cultural obstacles in his encounters with the imperial order. His efforts to promote himself and indigenous capabilities bear testimony to Indian ingenuity under the colonial regime."--Dust jacket.
Note "This book details the life and public career of one of India's legendary individuals--Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the first Indian knight and baronet. Born of humble origins, he went from collecting and selling empty bottles to building a business empire through the nineteenth-century China trade. Hailed as one of India's greatest philanthropists of the colonial era, Jejeebhoy utilized his wealth for copious charity for the people of Bombay and western India. But he was also an ambitious and canny actor within the colonial framework, whose ambitions went beyond altruistic desires to benefit society. Jejeebhoy belonged to the collaborationist class that emerged under early colonialism. This class--which also included prominent figures like Dwarkanath Tagore, the merchant-prince from Bengal--served as an important medium between the imperial and Indian cultures. However, the limits of collaboration for Indians were evident--Jejeebhoy faced many bureaucratic and cultural obstacles in his encounters with the imperial order. His efforts to promote himself and indigenous capabilities bear testimony to Indian ingenuity under the colonial regime."--Dust jacket.
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Introduction
The merchant-prince of Bombay
The civic partner : collaborative colonialism emerges
The Parsi leader
The standard-bearer of charity : philanthropy as a collaborative institution
Knighthood, baronetcy, statue, and the crown : symbolic partnership
The Jejeebhoys and the legacy of partnership.

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