Shaping India: Economic Change in Historical Perspective

By: D. Narayana; Raman Mahadevan

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 380 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000084047
Related ISBNs:: 9780367818128, 9781138659971, 9780415678049
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/30/20
Copyrighted By:: D. Narayana and Raman Mahadevan.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: D. Narayana
Edited by:: Raman Mahadevan