Colonialism and Indian economy / Amiya Kumar Bagchi.

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Bagchi, Amiya Kumar

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TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford collected essaysPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: lii, 303 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780198066446
0198066449

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338.954 BAG

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Contents:

An estimate of the gross domestic material product of Bengal and Bihar in 1794 from Colebrooke's data -- Reflections on patterns of regional growth in India under British rule -- De-industrialization in India in the nineteenth century : some theoretical implications -- De-industrialization in Gangetic Bihar : 1809-1901 -- A reply (to Dr Marika Vicziany) -- Relation of agriculture to industry in the context of South Asia -- Indian demography and economy in the long fin-de-siècle : 1876-1914 -- Land tax, property rights, and peasant insecurity in colonial India -- Markets, market failures, and the transformation of authority, property, and bondage in colonial India.

Summary: Bringing together seminal essays of one of India's leading economic historians, Colonialism and Indian Economy presents a magisterial account of economic and social consequences of colonial rule. It underlines the importance of global history as an overarching framework for writing Indian history and provides a theoretical framework to locate India's economic experience.

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An estimate of the gross domestic material product of Bengal and Bihar in 1794 from Colebrooke's data --
Reflections on patterns of regional growth in India under British rule --
De-industrialization in India in the nineteenth century : some theoretical implications --

De-industrialization in Gangetic Bihar : 1809-1901 --

A reply (to Dr Marika Vicziany) --

Relation of agriculture to industry in the context of South Asia --

Indian demography and economy in the long fin-de-siècle : 1876-1914 --

Land tax, property rights, and peasant insecurity in colonial India --

Markets, market failures, and the transformation of authority, property, and bondage in colonial India.

Bringing together seminal essays of one of India's leading economic historians, Colonialism and Indian Economy presents a magisterial account of economic and social consequences of colonial rule. It underlines the importance of global history as an overarching framework for writing Indian history and provides a theoretical framework to locate India's economic experience.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-291) and index.

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