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The making of an Indian Ocean world-economy, 1250-1650 : princes, paddy fields, bazaars / Ravi Palat.
Lippincott Library HD2072 .P26 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palat, Ravi Arvind, author.
- Series:
- Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Rice trade.
- Social change.
- History.
- India.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--Indian Ocean Region.
- Social change--India--History.
- Social change--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Rice trade--Indian Ocean Region.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 305 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Summary:
- "To counter Eurocentric notions of long-term historical change, this book draws upon the histories of societies based on wet-rice cultivation to chart an alternate pattern of social evolution and state formation; traces inter-state linkages and the growth of commercialization without capitalism; 'industrious revolution' in India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Towards a framework to debate world history: bringing South India and the Indian Ocean back in
- 1. Dynamics of sociohistorical change in societies based on wet-rice cultivation
- 2. Global roots of local politics: state formation in an Eastern mirror
- 3. Commercialism without capitalism: labor-intensive manufacturing, and the growth of trade
- 4. A world-economy matures (circa 1450-1650)
- Epilogue: Rethinking historical change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137542199
- 1137542195
- OCLC:
- 911180119
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