Colonialism and Indian Economy

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-806644-6
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This volume examines the economic and social consequences of colonial rule in India. It covers several aspects of economy like gross domestic product, regional growth, de-industrialization, relations between agriculture and economy, demographic changes, land tax and property rights, market relations and bondage, and notions of authority. It explores the mechanisms that generated and sustained resource flow catapulting Britain and other capitalist countries to global
dominance.
Amiya K. Bagchi surveys the writings on economic history of colonial India and provides a theoretical framework to locate India's economic experience. Investigating areas like East India Company's monopoly trade, drain of wealth, deindustrialization, agricultural productivity and change, living standards, and emergence of civil society he also shows how India structurally adjusted itself to the changing economic dynamics. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars, teachers, and
students of modern Indian history and economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bagchi, Amiya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction;
1.: : An Estimate of the Gross Domestic Product of Bengal and Bihar in 1794 from Colebrooke's Data;
2.: Reflections on Patterns of Regional Growth in India under British Rule.;
3.: De-industrialization in India in the nineteenth century: Some theoretical implications;
4.: : De-industrialization in Gangetic Bihar: 1809-1901;
5.: : A Reply (to Dr Marika Vicziany);
6.: Relation of Agriculture to Industry in the Context of South Asia;
7.: Indian Demography and Economy in the Long Fin-de-siècle: 1876-1914;
8.: Land Tax, Property Rights, and Peasant Insecurity in Colonial India;
9.: Markets, Market Failures, and Transformation of Authority, Property, and Bondage in Colonial India; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amiya Kumar Bagchi is Director, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata.