Bengal Industries and the British Industrial Revolution (1757-1857)

ISBN-13: 9781138807723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 290 str.

Indrajit Ray

Opis

This text looks at two grey areas of industrial historiography. Although Bengal industries were globally dominant on the eve of the industrial revolution, no detailed literature is available about their later course of development. This book investigates why this is.

Recenzje

"This book is of obvious importance to historians interested in the Indian economy. It will also be of interest to anyone trying to understand the response of the periphery to advances in the industrial center...I look forward to further extensions of his studies of Bengali industries." - Susan Wolcott, Binghamton University, Victorian Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Bullion Movement in Bengal during 1660-1860  3. Woes of Cotton Textile Industry: Competitive failures or Policy Discriminations?  4. Prosperous Silk Textile Industry: Traditional Edge of Comparative Advantages  5. Decline of Salt Manufacturing Industry: An Episode of Policy Discriminations  6. Ruin of the Shipbuilding Industry: Further Evidences of Discrimination  7.  The Development and Decay of Indigo-Dye Manufacturing Industry: Role of Imperial Governance  8. Summary of Observations and Conclusions

O autorze

Indrajit Ray is Professor in the Department of Commerce at the University of North Bengal, India.