The economic history of India, 1857-2010 / Tirthankar Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, Tirthankar, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Economic conditions.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

From the end of the 18th century, two distinct global processes began to transform livelihoods and living conditions in the South Asia region. These were the rise of British colonial rule and globalization, that is, the integration of the region in the emerging world markets for goods, capital, and labour services. 200 years later, India was the home to many of the world's poorest people as well as one of the fastest growing market economies in the world. Does a study of the past help to explain the paradox of growth amidst poverty? 'The Economic History of India' claims that the roots of this paradox go back to India's colonial past, when internal factors like geography and external forces like globalization and imperial rule created prosperity in some areas and poverty in others.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 16, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-099203-4

0-19-099204-2