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9781864484687

The Polyester Prince

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  • ISBN13:

    9781864484687

  • ISBN10:

    1864484683

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: 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 Baniap. 1
Lessons from the soukp. 15
Catching live serpentsp. 24
A first-class fountainp. 35
Guru of the equity cultp. 50
Friends in the right placesp. 68
The Great Polyester Warp. 83
The paper tigerp. 102
Under siegep. 121
Sleuthsp. 137
Letting loose a scorpionp. 153
Business as usualp. 171
Murder medleyp. 185
A political delugep. 201
Under the reformsp. 216
Housekeeping secretsp. 235
Pandava or Kaurava?p. 257
Notesp. 265
Indexp. 269
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