As author of the hugely influential The Economic History of India1857-1947, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leading contemporary economic historian of India. Here, Roy turns his attention to labour and livelihood and the nature of economic change in the Subcontinent. This book covers:
economic history of modern India
rural labour
labour-intensive industrialization
women and industrialization.
Challenging the prevailing wisdom on Indian economic growth - that it is bound up with...
As author of the hugely influential The Economic History of India1857-1947, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leadin...
Earlier historians of India's economic history have argued that traditional manufacturing in India was destroyed or devitalized during the colonial period, and that "modern industry" is substantially different. Exploring new material from research into five traditional industries, Tirthankar Roy's book contests these notions, demonstrating that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing rather than negative effect on manufacturing generally. The book offers new and penetrating insights into the study of India's economic and...
Earlier historians of India's economic history have argued that traditional manufacturing in India was destroyed or devitalized during the colonial pe...
As author of the hugely influential The Economic History of India1857-1947, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leading contemporary economic historian of India. Here, Roy turns his attention to labour and livelihood and the nature of economic change in the Subcontinent. This book covers:
economic history of modern India
rural labour
labour-intensive industrialization
women and industrialization.
Challenging the prevailing wisdom on Indian economic growth - that it is bound up with...
As author of the hugely influential The Economic History of India1857-1947, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leadin...
A New Economic History of Colonial India provides a new perspective on Indian economic history. Using economic theory and quantitative methods, it shows how the discipline is being redefined and how new scholarship on India is beginning to embrace and make use of concepts from the larger field of global economic history and economics.
The book discusses the impact of property rights, the standard of living, the labour market and the aftermath of the Partition. It also addresses how education and work changed, and provides a rethinking of traditional topics including...
A New Economic History of Colonial India provides a new perspective on Indian economic history. Using economic theory and quantitative methods, it ...
A New Economic History of Colonial India provides a new perspective on Indian economic history. Using economic theory and quantitative methods, it shows how the discipline is being redefined and how new scholarship on India is beginning to embrace and make use of concepts from the larger field of global economic history and economics.
The book discusses the impact of property rights, the standard of living, the labour market and the aftermath of the Partition. It also addresses how education and work changed, and provides a rethinking of traditional topics including...
A New Economic History of Colonial India provides a new perspective on Indian economic history. Using economic theory and quantitative methods, it ...
Since the economic reforms of the 1990s, India's economy has grown rapidly. To sustain growth and foreign investment over the long run requires a well-developed legal infrastructure for conducting business, including cheap and reliable contract enforcement and secure property rights. But it's widely acknowledged that India's legal infrastructure is in urgent need of reform, plagued by problems, including slow enforcement of contracts and land laws that differ from state to state. How has this situation arisen, and what can boost business confidence and encourage long-run economic growth? ...
Since the economic reforms of the 1990s, India's economy has grown rapidly. To sustain growth and foreign investment over the long run requires a well...
Studying firms and entrepreneurs over three centuries, this book unravels the historical roots of the impressive business growth witnessed in contemporary India.
Studying firms and entrepreneurs over three centuries, this book unravels the historical roots of the impressive business growth witnessed in contempo...
Studying firms and entrepreneurs over three centuries, this book unravels the historical roots of the impressive business growth witnessed in contemporary India.
Studying firms and entrepreneurs over three centuries, this book unravels the historical roots of the impressive business growth witnessed in contempo...
