Shaping India: Economic Change in Historical Perspective
- 作者:D. (EDT)/ Mahadevan,Narayana,Raman (EDT)
- 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
- 出版日期:2012-04-18
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0415678048
- ISBN13:9780415678049
- 裝訂:精裝 / 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm / 普通級
This volume seeks to unravel and contextualize the so-called dichotomy of ‘old’ and ‘new’ India and what binds them together. To understand this complex process, it attempts to apply a long-term historical perspective, a different conception of the economy and cross-disciplinary approaches.
The exceptional feature of this volume is the large historical canvas of essays and its sensitivity to the regional dimension in a country as large and diverse as India. They deal with issues ranging from land and agriculture, entrepreneurship, industry and demographic trends to a critical anatomy of modern Indian economic historiography. Together these essays contribute in providing significantly new and enriching insights into the complex process of transition from colonial to post-colonial economic development. There has been a conscious effort in most cases to capture the influence of the colonial economic structures and processes in shaping the trajectory of growth and development in the post-independence period. Drawing upon a large amount of extremely rich and varied data and information on the socio-economic trends, the book is lucid, well-crafted and reader-friendly.