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The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800 Hardcover - 2001

by Prasannan Parthasarathi


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In a challenge to the widespread belief that poverty and poor living standards have been characteristic of India for centuries, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. It was with the rise of colonial rule, the author maintains, that the decline in their economic fortunes was initiated. This is a powerful revisionist statement on the role of Britain in India that will interest students of the region, and economic and colonial historians.

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It is no easy matter to reconstruct the relationship between weavers and merchants in the early eighteenth century.

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  • Title The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
  • Author Prasannan Parthasarathi
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 180
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
  • Date 2001-04-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780521570428 / 0521570425
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Library of Congress subjects India, South - Economic conditions - 18th, Industries - India, South - History - 18th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00045441
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330.954
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