India in the World Economy
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India in the World Economy

From Antiquity to the Present

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eBook - PDF

India in the World Economy

From Antiquity to the Present

About this book

Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and from opium to indigo. In a journey across two thousand years, this enthralling book, written by a leading South Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world and shows how changing patterns of globalization have reverberated in economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the way, the book asks three major questions: Is this a particularly Indian story? When did the big turning points happen? And is it possible to distinguish the modern from the pre-modern pattern of exchange? These questions invite a new approach to the study of Indian history by placing the region at the center of the narrative. This is global history written on India's terms, and, as such, the book invites Indian, South Asian, and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. India in the World Economy
  3. New Approaches to Asian History 10
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Figures and Tables
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Introduction: India and Global History
  11. 2 Ports and Hinterlands to 1200
  12. 3 Receding Land Frontiers, 1200–1700
  13. 4 The Indian Ocean Trade, 1500–1800
  14. 5 Trade, Migration, and Investment, 1800–1850
  15. 6 Trade, Migration, and Investment, 1850–1920
  16. 7 Colonialism and Development, 1860–1920
  17. 8 Depression and Decolonization, 1920–1950
  18. 9 From Trade to Aid, 1950–1980
  19. 10 Return to Market, 1980–2010
  20. 11 Conclusion: A New India?
  21. References
  22. Index