UCSB Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture Series Presents:
Ethnicity and trust in the textile industry of Surat City, India
By Garrett Menning
The continuing vitality of ethnic enterprise in today's global arena has
recently become a major focus of debate in the social sciences. Garrett
will discuss these issues in the context of his research on ethnic
community as a basis for trust among businessmen in the textile industry
of Surat City in western India. He will explain why personalized ties
based on kinship, caste, and sect remain so important.
In addition, Garrett will examine the challenges facing the industry
stemming from its rapid growth and accelerated rate of integration with
larger economic and cultural systems at the national and global level.
