India in the World Economy

From Antiquity to the Present

Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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Cambridge University Press
18 June 2012

History; Economic history

Series: New Approaches to Asian History

Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and from opium to indigo. In a journey across two thousand years, this enthralling book, written by a leading South Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world and shows how changing patterns of globalization have reverberated in economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the way, the book asks three major questions: Is this a particularly Indian story? When did the big turning points happen? And is it possible to distinguish the modern from the pre-modern pattern of exchange? These questions invite a new approach to the study of Indian history by placing the region at the center of the narrative. This is global history written on India's terms, and, as such, the book invites Indian, South Asian, and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies.

By: Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 10
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781107401471
ISBN 10: 110740147X
Series: New Approaches to Asian History
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 June 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).