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The entanglements of exchange in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2023

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Muhammad Ali Jan*
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Department of Economics, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Abstract

In this Modern Asian Studies book symposium, scholars of South Asia analyse the political, ethical, and epistemic aspects of market life, building on the volume Rethinking Markets in Modern India.1 This interdisciplinary conversation approaches transactional realms from the disciplines of history, anthropology, development studies, and political economy. The symposium’s contributors examine a range of pertinent issues that encompass customary forms of exchange and capitalist aspects of trade. Among the topics discussed are those of market fetishism, bazaar knowledge, social embeddedness, forms of transactional representation and translation, and institutional and regulatory contexts for commerce.

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MarketsIndiaPakistanembeddedness
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Review Article
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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 57 , Special Issue 5: Rethinking the Second World War in South Asia , September 2023 , pp. 1677 - 1683
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.

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