Bishnupriya Gupta

An Economic History of India

Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

A major new economic history of India from the reign of Akbar to India's post-independence integration into the global economy. Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding development and underdevelopment in a large colonial economy as well as of India's post-independence economic performance through to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108491624
• ISBN-10: 1108491626
• Artikelnr.: 71953491

Autorenporträt

Bishnupriya Gupta is Professor of Economics at University of Warwick and the research director of CAGE Research Centre. She is Honorary Professor at the School of Economics, Peking University. She has published widely on industrial development in colonial India and is a key contributor to the debate on the Great Divergence.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The decline and the rise of the Indian economy
2. Agriculture as the engine of growth
3. From handlooms to modern industry and the emergence of a planned economy
4. Origins of India's service sector advantage
5. Region, income, caste, and gender: continuity and change
6. Colonial development in a comparative perspective
Conclusion: the myths and the realities of India's long run development.