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c. 1757–c. 1970

Series The Cambridge Economic History of India,
Volume 2

Edited by Dharma
Kumar and Meghnad
Desai

Publication Date 1983

Hardback ISBN-10 0521228026

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521228022

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1017/CHOL9780521228022

Overview

The Cambridge Economic History of India, published in two volumes, aims at
tracing the changes in the economy of India from the thirteenth to the middle of
the present century and beyond. The second volume covers the period 1757-1970,
from the establishment of British rule to its termination, with epilogues on the
post-Independence period. Part I opens with a broad description of the economy
in the middle of the eighteenth century, then describes general economic trends
in four main regions up to the middle of the nineteenth century, and includes a
discussion of changes in the agrarian structure up to the end of 1947. Part II
takes up various themes for the economy as a whole, while Part III deals with
post-Independence developments in India and Pakistan. The Cambridge Economic
History of India will be widely accepted as the standard work of reference on
the subject, and the volumes will be of relevance to fields other than economic
history, being the first major collaborative work of its kind to explore the
shift of an advanced Asian civilization from pre-colonial times to
independence.

For more details of the
print book, and how to buy it online, please see c. 1757–c. 1970 in the
Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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Cambridge Economic History of India Vol. 2: c. 1757–c. 1970

Frontmatter

The
Land and the People

The
Beginnings of the Modern Economy

Post-Independence
Developments

Glossary

Bibliography

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