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India in the world economy : from antiquity to the present
- Title
- India in the world economy : from antiquity to the present / Tirthankar Roy.
- Author
- Roy, Tirthankar.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 288 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa, and trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and opium to indigo. In a journey across 2,000 years, this enthralling book written by a leading South Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how changing patterns of globalization reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the way, the book asks three major questions. Is this a particularly Indian story? When did the big turning points happen? And is it possible to distinguish the modern from the pre-modern pattern of exchange? These questions invite a new approach to the study of Indian history by placing the region squarely at the center of the narrative. This is global history written on India,Ŵs terms and, as such, the book invites South Asian, Indian, and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies"--
- Series Statement
- New approaches to Asian history ; 10
- Uniform Title
- New approaches to Asian history ; 10.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: India and global history -- Ports and hinterlands to 1200 -- Receding land frontiers, 1200-1700 -- The Indian Ocean trade, 1500-1800 -- Trade, migration, and investment, 1800-1850 -- Trade, migration, and investment, 1850-1920 -- Colonialism and development, 1860-1920 -- Depression and decolonization, 1920-1950 -- From trade to aid, 1950-1980 -- Return to market, 1980-2010 -- Conclusion: a new India?
- Call Number
- JBE 13-564
- ISBN
- 9781107009103 (hardback)
- 1107009103 (hardback)
- 9781107401471 (paperback)
- 110740147X (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2011035574
- OCLC
- 747947332
- Author
- Roy, Tirthankar.
- Title
- India in the world economy : from antiquity to the present / Tirthankar Roy.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Series
- New approaches to Asian history ; 10New approaches to Asian history ; 10.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 13-564