The political economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930 : a global perspective / by Ghulam A. Nadri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadri, Ghulam A., author.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; Volume 22.

European Expansion and Indigenous Response, 1873-8974 ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigo industry--India--History.

Indigo industry.

Dyes and dyeing--India--History.

Dyes and dyeing.

India--Politics and government.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Political Economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930: A Global Perspective Ghulam A. Nadri explores the dynamics of the indigo industry and trade from a long-term perspective and examines the local and global forces that affected the potentialities of production in India and elsewhere and caused periods of boom and slump in the industry. Using the commodity chains conceptual framework he examines the stages in the trajectory of indigo from production to consumption. Nadri shows convincingly that the growth or decline in indigo production and trade in India was a part of the global processes of production, trade, and consumption and that indigo as a global commodity was embedded in the politics of empire and colonial expansion.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Making of Indigo: Cultivation and Manufacture

From Manufactory to Market: Logistics and Commerce

The Indigo Trade: Local and Global Demand

The Making of the World Market: Indigo Commodity Chains

The Political Economy of Indigo: States, Merchants, and Producers

Conclusions

Annual Volumes (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of the voc’s Indigo Exports from Surat, 1619–1742

Quantities and Values of Annual Indigo Sales by the voc, 1642–1765

Indigo Sale Prices (stivers/pound) in Amsterdam, 1695–1760

Quantities (in lb.) of Indigo Exported by the eic from Surat/Bombay, 1615–1729

Values (in rupees) of Annual Indigo Exports from India, 1795/96–1933/34

Quantities (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of voc’s Exports of Java Indigo to the Dutch Republic, 1704–1781

Values (in guilder) and Volumes (in kilogram) of Indigo Exports from Java, 1824–1873

Indigo Prices (rupees per man and stivers per Dutch pound) in India, 1609–1757

Indigo Prices in Calcutta (rupees/factory man) and London (pence/lb.), 1843–1921

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31155-6

OCLC:

946255047

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004311558 DOI