An Economic History of India

2. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-415-08871-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothermund, Dietmar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, 1. The Structure of the Traditional Economy, 2. The Development of Maritime Trade and the Beginnings of Colonial Rule, 3. The Agrarian State and the Company: Parasitism and Paralysis, 4. The Evolution of an Indian Market in the Nineteenth Century, 5. The Limits of Industrialisation under Colonial Rule, 6. The Impact of the First World War, 7. Economic Conflicts in the Post-War Period, 8. The Consequences of the Great Depression, 9. India’s War Profit: The Debtor turns into a Creditor, 10. India’s Dilemma: Dynamic Industrialisation and Static Agriculture, 11. The ‘Green Revolution’ and the Industrial Recession, 12. Resurgence, Crisis and Recovery, 13. Population Growth and National Income, 14. Metropolisation and Regional Disparities, 15. Tasks of the Future, Annotated Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dietmar Rothermund is Professor of History at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University and is the author of India in the Great Depression, 1929-1939and (with Hermann Kulke) A History of India.