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1 online resource. |
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New approaches to Asian history ; 10
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New approaches to Asian history ; 10.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; India in the World Economy; New Approaches to Asian History 10; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: India and Global History; Envisioning contacts; Early trade; Indo-European trade; Empire and beyond; Arguments and hypotheses; Chapter outline; 2 Ports and Hinterlands to 1200; Formation of routes and ports; Indo-Roman trade; Western Indian Ocean in late antiquity; Coromandel, or two deltas; Bengal; Conclusion; 3 Receding Land Frontiers, 1200-1700; Perspectives; Delhi sultanates; The Deccan and the Bengal frontiers to 1500. |
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VijayanagarSouth of Vijayanagar; North India under the Mughals; Opening up of Bengal; Gujarat and Konkan in transition; Transactions in knowledge; Conclusion; 4 The Indian Ocean Trade, 1500-1800; The Indian Ocean world at 1500; The Portuguese enterprise; East India Companies: Origins; The company form and its problems; Scale of trade, 1600-1800; Partners, employees, agents; From merchants to landlords: The port towns; State formation, 1707-1765; Transactions in knowledge; Private trade and new enterprise, 1765-1800; European wars and the end of the companies. |
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The meaning of Indo-European tradeConclusion; 5 Trade, Migration, and Investment, 1800-1850; Opium and China; Indigo and Bengal; Cotton and western India; Global merchants; Labor migration; Indo-European industry; Overland trade; Conclusion; 6 Trade, Migration, and Investment, 1850-1920; Bridging the land with the sea; From opium to cotton; Wheat; Capital: Global firms; Global banking; Labor; Conclusion; 7 Colonialism and Development, 1860-1920; Perspectives on empire; Empires, markets, and institutions; Agriculture: Markets and institutions; Factory industrialization. |
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Reinvention of the artisanScience and technology; Empire and law; Conclusion; 8 Depression and Decolonization, 1920-1950; After the war; Onset of the Depression; A tortuous policy response; Peasants and prices; Manufacturing; Benefits for banks; A short-lived bonus for labor; Decolonization; Conclusion; 9 From Trade to Aid, 1950-1980; Aid-funded industrialization; Capability and knowledge; Autarky and deindustrialization; New ties; Migration and diaspora; Conclusion; 10 Return to Market, 1980-2010; Trading again; Growth and decline in traditional manufacturing; The knowledge economy. |
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Conclusion11 Conclusion: A New India?; References; Index. |
| Summary |
This enthralling book offers a new approach to Indian economic history, placing trade and mercantile activity in the region within a global framework. |
| Local Note |
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India -- Commerce -- History.
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India -- Economic conditions.
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India -- Foreign economic relations.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roy, Tirthankar. India in the World Economy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107009103 |
| ISBN |
9781139423793 (electronic bk.) |
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1139423797 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511920516 (electronic bk.) |
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0511920512 (electronic bk.) |
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9781139419703 |
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1139419706 |
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9781139421751 |
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1139421751 |
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9781107009103 |
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1107009103 |
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9781107401471 |
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110740147X |
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