Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction: India and global history; 2. Ports and hinterlands to 1200; 3. Receding land frontiers, 1200–1700; 4. The Indian Ocean trade, 1500–1800; 5. Trade, migration, and investment, 1800–50; 6. Trade, migration, and investment, 1850–1920; 7. Colonialism and development, 1860–1920; 8. Depression and decolonization, 1920–50; 9. From trade to aid, 1950–80; 10. Return to market, 1980–2010; 11 Conclusion: A new India?

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This enthralling book offers a new approach to Indian economic history, placing trade and mercantile activity in the region within a global framework.

About the Author

Tirthankar Roy is a Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His publications include The Economic History of India 1857–1947, Third Edition (2011), Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia, co-edited with Douglas Haynes, Abigail McGowan, and Haruka Yanagisawa (2010), Company of Kinsmen: Enterprise and Community in South Asian History 1700–1940 (2010), and Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India (1999).

Reviews

'A fascinating book …' History Today

'… this book … represents an unprecedented effort that must be the foundation for further advances in our understanding of the long history of India as a global entity.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies