How British Rule Changed India's Economy

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This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of legacy it left behind. Did British rule lead to Indiäs impoverishment, economic disruption and famine? Under British rule, evidence suggests there were beneficial improvements, with an eventual rise in life expectancy and an increase in wealth for some sectors of the population and economy, notably for much business and industry. Yet many poor people suffered badly, with agricultural stagnation and an underfunded government who were too small to effect general improvements. In this book Roy explains the paradoxical combination of wealth and poverty, looking at both sides of nineteenth century capitalism.

Between 1850 and 1930, India was engaged in a globalization process not unlike the one it has seen since the 1990s. The difference between these two times is that much of the region was under British colonial rule during the first episode, while it was an independent nation state during the second.

Roy's narrative has a contemporary relevance for emerging economies, where again globalization has unleashed extraordinary levels of capitalistic energy while leaving many livelihoods poor, stagnant, and discontented.

Über den Autor

Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research interests include global history, the economic history of South Asia and industrialisation.

Zusammenfassung

Focuses on the question of whether the British were good or malign colonial rulers in India

Examines how globalization and colonialism unfolded in India

Investigates why peasants productivity rose but they remained poor

Contrasts the experience of the princely states in India

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The making of British India.- Chapter 3: The business of the cities.- Chapter 4: Unyielding land.- Chapter 5: A poor state.- Chapter 6: End of famine.- Chapter 7: A different story? The princely states.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xv 159 S. 19 s/w Illustr. 6 farbige Illustr. 159 p. 25 illus. 6 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783030177072
ISBN-10:	3030177076
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-030-17707-2
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Roy, Tirthankar
Auflage:	1st edition 2019
Hersteller:	Springer Nature Switzerland Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 153 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Tirthankar Roy
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.05.2019
Gewicht:	0,348 kg

Artikel-ID: 115612101