The economy of modern India, 1860-1970

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The economy of modern India, 1860-1970

B.R. Tomlinson

(The new Cambridge history of India / general editor, Gordon Johnson, 3 . The Indian Empire and the beginnings of modern society ; 3)

Cambridge University Press, 1993

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"Bibliographical essay": p. 219-231

Includes index

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Description

In the first comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the modern Indian economy, B. R. Tomlinson considers the history of economic growth and change over the last hundred years. By summarising and expounding on the available literature, the author considers the debates over imperialism, development and under development and sets them in the context of historical change in agriculture, trade and manufacture, and the relations between business, the economy and the state.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction: development and underdevelopment in colonial India
  • 2. Agriculture 1860-1950: land, labour and capital
  • 3. Trade and manufacture 1860-1945: firms, markets and the colonial state
  • 4. The state and the economy, 1939-1970: the emergence of economic management in India
  • 5. Conclusion.

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