The transition to a colonial economy weavers, merchants and kings in South India, 1720 - 1800
The transition to a colonial economy: weavers, merchants and kings in South India, 1720 - 1800

"According to popular belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. In a challenge to this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order,...

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1. Verfasser: Parthasarathi, Prasannan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2001
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society 7
Schlagworte:
Geschichte 1700-1800
Geschichte 1720-1800
Arbeiders
Armoede
Kolonialisme
Geschichte
Industrie
Wirtschaft
Industries > India, South > History > 18th century
India, South > Economic conditions > 18th century
Indien > Süd
Zusammenfassung:"According to popular belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. In a challenge to this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were actually in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. The subsequent decline in their economic fortunes, the author asserts, was a process initiated towards the end of that century, with the rise of British colonial rule. Building on recent scholarly reinterpretations of eighteenth-century India, he examines the transformation of Indian society and its economy under British rule through the prism of the laboring classes, arguing that their treatment during this transition had no precedent in the pre-colonial past and that poverty and low wages were a direct product of colonial rule. This represents a powerful revisionist statement on the role of Britain in Indian which will be of interest not only to students of the region, but also to economic and colonial historians."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XII, 165 S.
ISBN:0521570425
9780521570428

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