The Economic History of Bengal: 1793-1848
Author: Narendra Krishna Sinha
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13:
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Calcutta in Colonial Transition
Author: Ranjit Sen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-03-14
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0429576110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings home the story of how three clustered villages grew into a primate city, in which a garrison town, a port city and the capital of an empire merged into one entity—Calcutta. This and its companion volume Birth of a Colonial City examine the geopolitical factors that were significant in securing Calcutta's position in the light of growing influence of the East India Company and subsequently the British Empire. A definitive history of Calcutta in its nascent years, this book discusses the challenges of city-planning, the de-industrialization at the hands of British imperialists, the catastrophic fall of the Union Bank, the advent of British capital, and the rise of the Bengali business enterprise in the colonial era. It also underlines how Calcutta facilitated the development of a political consciousness and the pivotal political and cultural role it played when the movement for independence took hold in the country. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, British Studies, city and area studies.
The Development of Modern Industries in Bengal
Author: Indrajit Ray
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 135138726X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBengal’s traditional industries, once celebrated worldwide, largely decayed under the backwash effects of the British Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although colonial ambivalence is often cited as an explanation, this study also shows that a series of new industries emerged during this period. The book reappraises the thesis of India’s deindustrialisation and discusses the development status of the traditional industries in the early nineteenth century, examines their technology, employment opportunities and marketing and, finally, analyses the underlying reasons for their decay. It offers a study of how traditional industries evolved into modern enterprises in a British colony, and contributes to the broader discussion on the global history of industrialisation. This book will be of interest to scholars of Indian economic history as well as those who seek to understand the widespread effects of industrialisation, especially in a colonial context.
Economic History of Orissa
Author: Nihar Ranjan Patnaik
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9788173870750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Book Presents Current Trends As Well As Long-Term Themes Of The Economic History Of Orissa And Thus Tries To Serve The Need Of The Academic Community In Bringing About A New Orientation In The Study Of Orissan History.
Bengal: The British Bridgehead
Author: Peter James Marshall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-11-02
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521028226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of Bengal: The British Bridgehead is to explain how, in the eighteenth century, Britain established her rule in eastern India, the first part of the subcontinent to be incorporated into the British Empire. Though the British were not in firm control of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa until 1765, to illustrate the circumstances in which they gained power and elucidate the Indian inheritance that so powerfully shaped the early years of their rule, professor Marshall begins his analysis around 1740 with the reign of Alivardi Khan, the last effective Mughal ruler of eastern India. He then explores the social, cultural and economic changes that followed the imposition of foreign rule and seeks to assess the consequences for the peoples of the region; emphasis is given throughout as much to continuities rooted deep in the history of Bengal as to the more obvious effects of British domination. The volume closes in the 1820s when, with British rule firmly established, a new pattern of cultural and economic relations was developing between Britain and eastern India.
Dacca
Author: Sharif Uddin Ahmed
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-01-12
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1351186736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1986, this work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840. It is one of the few urban studies which carries through from the ‘old order’ to the new administrative towns of British rule and attempts to show what happened to the communities of townsmen in the period of adaptation. It casts new light on the function and organization of Indian urban societies in the colonial period, on the transfer of western institutions and the organization and composition of Bengali trade outside Calcutta.
Merchants and Colonialism
Author: Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-12-13
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 0199095647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmiya Kumar Bagchi’s Merchants and Colonialism is a landmark work in economic history and sociology. The author shows us how colonial rule put traders and manufacturers under immense pressure, forcing them to look for survival strategies in a changed economic environment. This resulted in long-term de-industrialization and irreversible damage to traditional modes of production, which had far-reaching economic consequences for India after Independence.
Routledge Library Editions: Urban History
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-02-25
Total Pages: 2610
ISBN-13: 1351137174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volumes in this set, originally published between 1940 and 1994, draw together research by leading academics in the area of welfare and the welfare state, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine welfare policy, equality, poverty, class, government, social policy, unemployment, and social services, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of welfare and the welfare state in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, health, and political studies respectively.
A History of Modern India, 1480-1950
Author: Claude Markovits
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2004-02-01
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13: 184331004X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history.
Birth of a Colonial City
Author: Ranjit Sen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0429638981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong before Calcutta was ‘discovered’ by Job Charnock, it thrived by the Hugli since times immemorial. This book, and its companion Colonial Calcutta, is a biographical account of the when, the how and the what of a global city and its emergence under colonial rule in the 1800s. Ranjit Sen traces the story of how three clustered villages became the hub of the British Empire and a centre of colonial imagination. He examines the historical and geopolitical factors that were significant in securing its prominence, and its subsequent urbanization which was a colonial experience without an antecedent. Further, it sheds light on Calcutta’s early search for identity — how it superseded interior towns and flourished as the seat of power for its hinterland; developed its early institutions, while its municipal administration slowly burgeoned. A sharp analysis of the colonial enterprise, this volume lays bare the underbelly of the British Raj. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern history, South Asian history, urban studies, British Studies and area studies.
