A new economic history of colonial India

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Full Title:: A new economic history of colonial India / Edited by Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy

Additional Author/Creators:: Chaudhary, Latika, editor
Gupta, Bishnupriya, editor
Roy, Tirthankar, editor
Swamy, Anand V., editor

Subjects:: Business
Economic history
India--Economic conditions
India--Social conditions

Table of Contents:: Introduction / Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy -- Indian economic performance and living standards : 1600-2000 / Stephen Broadberry and Bishnupriya Gupta -- The colonial transition and the decline of the East India Company, c.1746-1784 / Santhi Hejeebu -- The myth and reality of deindustrialisation in early modern India / Indrajit Ray -- The rise of modern industry in colonial India / Bishnupriya Gupta -- Colonial india and the world economy, c. 1850-1940 / G. Balachandran -- Agriculture in colonial India / Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy -- The long run consequences of colonial institutions / Lakshmi Iyer -- Railways in colonial India: an economic achievement? / Dan Bogart and Latika Chaudhary -- Caste, colonialism and schooling : education in British India / Latika Chaudhary -- The growth of a labour market in the twentieth century / Tirthankar Roy -- Industrial labour in late colonial India / Susan Wolcott -- Law and contract enforcement in colonial India / Anand Swamy -- The partition and its aftermath: empirical investigations / Prashant Bharadwaj and Kevin Quirolo.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm