The Economic Development of India Under the East India Company 1814-58
The Economic Development of India Under the East India Company 1814-58

Author: K. N. Chaudhuri

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-08-26

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 9780521153362

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Remarks on the external commerce and exchanges of Bengal, with appendix of accounts and estimates (1823), by G. Ạ. Priṅsep.--A history of prices, and of the State of the Circulation during the nine years 1848-56, volume VI (1857), Appendix XXIII, by T. Tooke.--Minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Affairs of the East India Company, 16 March 1832, by J. H. Palmer.--A sketch of the commercial resources and monetary and mercantile system of British India, with suggestions for their improvement, by means of banking establishments (1837), by J. Crawfurd.

A New Economic History of Colonial India
A New Economic History of Colonial India

Author: Latika Chaudhary

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-20

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1317674324

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A New Economic History of Colonial India provides a new perspective on Indian economic history. Using economic theory and quantitative methods, it shows how the discipline is being redefined and how new scholarship on India is beginning to embrace and make use of concepts from the larger field of global economic history and economics. The book discusses the impact of property rights, the standard of living, the labour market and the aftermath of the Partition. It also addresses how education and work changed, and provides a rethinking of traditional topics including de-industrialization, industrialization, railways, balance of payments, and the East India Company. Written in an accessible way, the contributors – all leading experts in their fields – firmly place Indian history in the context of world history. An up-to-date critical survey and novel resource on Indian Economic History, this book will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Economic History, Indian and South Asian Studies, Economics and Comparative and Global History.

An Economic History of India
An Economic History of India

Author: Dietmar Rothermund

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1134879458

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Much has been written on the Indian economy but this is the first major attempt to present India's economic history as a continuous process, and to place the development of agriculture, industry and currency in a political and historical context.

Economic Development in the Long Run
Economic Development in the Long Run

Author: A.J. Youngson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1136594620

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This book enlarges our understanding of economic development by bringing together items or aspects of historical experience relevant to the present-day problems of developing countries; by looking at the problems over a longer period than is usual in development economics, so that the influence of underlying forces may be made evident; and by comparing the experiences of different countries in similar situations. A variety of countries are dealt with and most of the significant problems in development economics are covered in one context or another. The authors of this symposium, each an internationally acknowledged authority, offer expert assessments of development as it has actually taken place. The chapter by Professor Rosovsky shows what is significant, what is peculiar and what could be imitated in Japan; Professor Black takes the little-studied case of Ireland, and Dr Macpherson gives an informed and balanced account of Indian development. This unique book was first published in 1972.

The Story of Indian Manufacturing
The Story of Indian Manufacturing

Author: Vijay K. Seth

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9811055742

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This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route pioneered by Vasco-da-Gamma in 1498 and the other was the dawn of the Mughal Empire in 1526. The book explores how these two events provided the appropriate stimulus for the emergence of traditional flexible manufacturing in India and how they played a vital role in the pattern of growth of the Indian manufacturing: The Mughal Empire created an integrated economy of continental size whereas European trading companies expanded the commercial connectivity of the Indian economy and South East Asia. It further investigates how the circumstances created by the colonial administration, factor endowment and market conditions created the complex forms of manufacturing enterprises that India inherited at the time of independence. It is a valuable resource for students of history, economic history, business history and the history of technology.

The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

Author: Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1982-03-31

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780521284042

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An overview of third-world problems, making use of Marxist and neo-Kiynesian methods of analysis.

Business, Race, and Politics in British India, c.1850-1960
Business, Race, and Politics in British India, c.1850-1960

Author: Maria Misra

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1999-04-29

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0191542687

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This is a study of the political and economic activities of an important group of British businessmen in India between 1850 and 1960. Though denounced by Indian nationalists as the economic arm of the British Raj, the firms of these `Managing Agents' seemed unassailable before the First World War. However, during the inter-war period they rapidly lost their commanding position to both Indian and other foreign competitors. Dr Misra argues that the failure of these firms was, in part, the consequence of their particular (and ultimately self-defeating) attitudes towards business, politics, and race. She casts new light on British colonial society in India, and makes an important contribution to current debates on the nature of the British Empire and the causes of Britain's relative economic decline.

The Theory and Experience of Economic Development
The Theory and Experience of Economic Development

Author: Mark Gersovitz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1136878165

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This volume, first published in 1982, is a collection of original essays written to honour Professor W. Arthur Lewis, 1979 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics. The authors, an international group of distinguished scholars, address a varied set of specific issues reflecting Professor Lewis’ research interests, covering topics which include: technological change in agriculture, analyses of unemployment and income distribution, the role of government policy in the development process, the historical record of development, and the relationship between developed and developing nations. The book will be of interest to both the academic researcher and practicing professionals in the international organisations and national governments, and are particularly appropriate to graduate courses in economic development, cost-benefit analysis and economic history.

A History of Modern India
A History of Modern India

Author: Ishita Banerjee-Dube

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-27

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 1316165175

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This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.