The Polyester Prince
by McDonald, HamishFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-09-01
Publisher(s): Allen & Unwin
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Summary
One of the very few studies of Asian or Third World tycoons, this fascinating biography of Indian tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani shows how capitalism emerges by fair means and foul in the new industrial countries of the Third World.
Author Biography
Hamish McDonald has most recently been based in New Delhi as the bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic Review and has now returned to Australia as Foreign Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction: an invitation to Bombay | |
| A persuasive young Bania | p. 1 |
| Lessons from the souk | p. 15 |
| Catching live serpents | p. 24 |
| A first-class fountain | p. 35 |
| Guru of the equity cult | p. 50 |
| Friends in the right places | p. 68 |
| The Great Polyester War | p. 83 |
| The paper tiger | p. 102 |
| Under siege | p. 121 |
| Sleuths | p. 137 |
| Letting loose a scorpion | p. 153 |
| Business as usual | p. 171 |
| Murder medley | p. 185 |
| A political deluge | p. 201 |
| Under the reforms | p. 216 |
| Housekeeping secrets | p. 235 |
| Pandava or Kaurava? | p. 257 |
| Notes | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 269 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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