The Economy of Modern India

A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years.

Informationen zum Autor B. R. Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Klappentext A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years. Zusammenfassung Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised! up-to-date and comprehensive account of the modern Indian economy! B. R. Tomlinson considers the history of economic growth and change over the last 150 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 1860?50: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 1860?45: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939?; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.

Klappentext

A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years.

Zusammenfassung
Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the modern Indian economy, B. R. Tomlinson considers the history of economic growth and change over the last 150 years.

Inhalt

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 186050: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 186045: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.