Tirthankar Roy

India in the World Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

This enthralling book offers a new approach to Indian economic history, placing trade and mercantile activity in the region within a global framework.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781107009103
• ISBN-10: 1107009103
• Artikelnr.: 34570898

Autorenporträt

Tirthankar Roy is a Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His publications include The Economic History of India 1857-1947, Third Edition (2011), Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia, co-edited with Douglas Haynes, Abigail McGowan, and Haruka Yanagisawa (2010), Company of Kinsmen: Enterprise and Community in South Asian History 1700-1940 (2010), and Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: India and global history
2. Ports and hinterlands to 1200
3. Receding land frontiers, 1200-1700
4. The Indian Ocean trade, 1500-1800
5. Trade, migration, and investment, 1800-50
6. Trade, migration, and investment, 1850-1920
7. Colonialism and development, 1860-1920
8. Depression and decolonization, 1920-50
9. From trade to aid, 1950-80
10. Return to market, 1980-2010
11 Conclusion: A new India?

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Preface; 1. Introduction: India and global history; 2. Ports and hinterlands to 1200; 3. Receding land frontiers, 1200-1700; 4. The Indian Ocean trade, 1500-1800; 5. Trade, migration, and investment, 1800-50; 6. Trade, migration, and investment, 1850-1920; 7. Colonialism and development, 1860-1920; 8. Depression and decolonization, 1920-50; 9. From trade to aid, 1950-80; 10. Return to market, 1980-2010; 11 Conclusion: A new India?

Rezensionen

'A fascinating book ...' History Today