Concise History of Indian Economy: Perspectives on Economy and International Relations,1600s to 2020s

Synopsis

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of the twenty-first century. It examines political events, social history, and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past, present, and future, and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy. This volume covers a range of important themes, which include: • Medieval fiscal systems, and the European surge in India; • The impact of the British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; the imperialistic economy and its impact; • Indian economy and nationalist movement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century; the Great Depression and its global consequences; • Gandhiism and ‘mass nationalism’; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy; the rise of the dollar, and other key global trends; • The Cold War and India; • Constitutional remedies, nation-building and industrial policies; food security, the Green Revolution, and the power politics of 1970s; • Liberalization, privatization, and globalization in the 1990s; and • The economy of war and peace, India–China relations, and current trends in political economy. The book offers a lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India., It will interest readers of Indian history, economic history, and South Asian history and other general readers.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781003813187

Related ISBNs:

9781032630618, 9781032630595, 9781032344256

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

12/29/23

Copyrighted By:

Rohit Majumdar

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies

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