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      Useful Friendship: Europeans and Indians in Early Calcutta

      Peter Robb (Research Professor, History of India, Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London))

      Robb’s portrayal of Calcutta around 1800 again focuses on middling Europeans and the workings of friendship. It shows friendly norms and networks underwriting credit, securing jobs, shaping work-practices, facilitating town-development…

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