Publisher's Synopsis
The story of three intrepid merchants who tradedout of Bombay in the nineteenth century-TarwadyArjunjee, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and PremchandRoychand-founding pioneering business empiresbased on trade in cotton and opium.Lakshmi Subramanian is professor of historyat the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.