Imperialism, nationalism, and the making of the Indian capitalist class, 1920-1947 / Aditya Mukherjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mukherjee, Aditya.

Series:

Sage series in modern Indian history ; 3.

Sage series in modern Indian history ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tariff.

History.

Industrial policy.

Monetary policy.

India--Economic policy.

India.

Economic policy.

Monetary policy--India--History--20th century.

India--Industrial policy--History--20th century.

Tariff--India--History--20th century.

Nationalism--India--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

461 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] : Sage Publications, 2002.

Contents:

I. The Economic Background

II. Decolonization?

2 The Politico-Ideological Dimension 34

I. Emergence of Class Organization

II. Imperialism and the Capitalist Class

III. The Indian Capitalist Class and the National Movement

3 Finance and Monetary Policy I: 1926-28 75

II. The Ratio

IIa. Hilton Young Commission: The Government View

IIb. The Capitalists' View

IIc. Impact on Agriculture

IId. Impact on Government Finance

IIe. Impact on Industry

III. The Gold Standard

4 Finance and Monetary Policy II: 1929-39 102

I. The Depression

II. The Rupee-Sterling Link

III. Gold Exports

IV. Government Budgetary Policy

V. The Reserve Bank of India

Va. The First Phase, 1927-28

Vb. The Second Phase, 1930-33: The British View

Vc. The Indian Capitalists' Response

5 Finance and Monetary Policy III: The War and After 134

I. Sterling Balance

Ia. British Motives

Ib. The Capitalist Response

Ic. Utilization of the Sterling Balances

Id. Capital Goods

Ie. Post-War Bargaining

II. The Empire Dollar Pool

III. Post-War Monetary Agreements: The IMF and the IBRD

6 Tariffs, Trade and Industry I: 1916-30 173

I. Introduction: Industrial Policy of the Government of India

Ia. Impact of Economic Changes Since the First World War on Fiscal Policy

II. The Fiscal Autonomy Convention, 1919 and the Fiscal Commission Report, 1921-22

IIa. The Indian Capitalists' Response

IIb. Conditions for Discriminating Protection

IIc. Permanent Tariff Board

IId. Imperial Preference

III. The Cotton Textile Industry (Protection) Bill, 1930

7 Tariffs, Trade and Industry II: 1932-36 205

II. Ottawa Agreement, 1932

III. Mody-Lees Pact and Indo-British Trade Agreement, 1935

8 Tariffs, Trade and Industry III: 1936-39 252

I. Indo-British Trade Negotiations, 1936-39

9 Tariffs, Trade and Industry IV: 1939-47 299

II. The War as Opportunity

III. United Kingdom Commercial Corporation

IV. Capital Issues Control

V. Excess Profit Tax

VI. Eastern Group Conference, American Technical Mission and the Lease-Lend Agreement

VII. The Post-war Years: International Conference on Trade and Employment and the International Trade Organization

VIIa. US Draft Proposals for International Conference on Trade and Employment

VIIb. First Preparatory Committee Meeting, London

VIIc. Second Preparatory Conference, Geneva

10 Foreign Capital 339

II. Reservation

III. United Front

IV. Right to Discriminate

V. The War Years: Indian Ltds

VI. Role of the State

VII. Repatriation

VIII. Inflow of Foreign Capital

VIIIa. Capital Equipment and Technology

VIIIb. Direct Participation: Terms

VIIIc. Collaboration Agreements

11 Planning and Public Sector 391

I. Introduction: Need for Planning

II. Why Public Sector?

III. Capitalists Defend their Plan

IV. Left Nationalist and Capitalist View: The Commonalities

V. Left Nationalist and Capitalist View: The Differences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-453) and index.

ISBN:

0761995641

OCLC:

47183356