K. Ravi Raman, Tirthankar Roy

Kerala, 1956 to the Present

India's Miracle State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This a systematic enquiry on the development and growth trajectories of Kerala since state formation. The book engages with the existing debates on the Kerala model with fresh arguments and perspectives. This is capable of opening up a new window of knowledge on Kerala's disjunctures in historical and contemporary times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009521659
• ISBN-10: 1009521659
• Artikelnr.: 70291682

Autorenporträt

Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at London School of Economics and Political Science. His recent and forthcoming books include A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism since 1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2018); An Economic History of Colonialism (with Leigh Gardner, Bristol University Press, 2020); and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India since 1947 (with Anand Swamy, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming). He has published extensively on South Asian history and development and has taught South Asia and Global History courses.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. Before Independence
3. The Retreat of Agriculture
4. Capital: Retreat and Resurgence
5. Work, Labour, and Migration
6. Growth and Development
7. The Left Legacy
8. Geography: An Asset or a Challenge?
9. Conclusion
References.