An economic history of India : growth, income and inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st century /

"A major new economic history of India from the reign of Akbar to India's post-independence integration into the global economy. Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding development and underdevelopment in a large colonial economy as well as of India's post-independe...

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Main Author: Gupta, Bishnupriya (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:Cambridge studies in economic history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The decline and the rise of the Indian economy
  • Agriculture as the engine of growth
  • From handlooms to modern industry and the emergence of a planned economy
  • Origins of India's service sector advantage
  • Region, income, caste, and gender: Continuity and change
  • Colonial development in a comparative perspective
  • Conclusion: The Myths and the Realities of India's long run development.