Settling accounts
Indigenous bankers in search of new histories in the twentieth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961638 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lakshmi Subramanian (0000-0003-2536-7274, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Goa, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 125-157 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00194646231166439 |
| OpenAlex | W4379659554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article focuses on the making of the discourse on indigenous banking in colonial India, which was linked to the transformation of the Indian economy and involved the repositioning of indigenous banking and the brokerage business. The rationale underlying indigenous histories of capital and custom was based on the ideas of public good and trust, which could bridge the gap between regulation and law on the one hand and informal practices and custom on the other. This article examines a range of writings and histories composed in both English and vernacular languages by the colonial state and its subjects in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which were concerned with defining and delegitimising or supporting indigenous banking, to revisit the conceptualisation of commerce and banking as a public good and subsequently retell the story of indigenous banking in colonial India
Ancient history · Art · Capital (architecture · Colonialism · Economics · Economy · Indigenous · Literature · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Vernacular · African studies and sociopolitical issues · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture
Rulers, townsmen, and bazaars
Indigenous Banking in India
The Indian Central Banking Inquiry Committee, 1931
The Monsoon and the Market for Money in Late-colonial India
Stages of Capital
Asian Capital in the Age of European Domination
Transition from Indian to British Indian Systems of Money and Banking 1800-1850
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |