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India in the world economy : from antiquity to the present

Roy, Tirthankar

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\"Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa, and trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and opium to indigo. In a journey across 2,000 years, this enthralling book written by a leading South Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how changing patterns of globalization reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the way, the book asks three major questions. Is this a particularly Indian story? When did the big turning points happen? And is it possible to distinguish the modern from the pre-modern pattern of exchange? These questions invite a new approach to the study of Indian history by placing the region squarely at the center of the narrative. This is global history written on India,مWs terms and, as such, the book invites South Asian, Indian, and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. / India Commerce History. / India Economic conditions. / India Foreign economic relations.
• ISBN: 9781107009103, 1107009103, 9781107401471, 110740147X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HF3785.R69 2012	1	BOOK	BUSINESS