Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India

by Tirthankar Roy

Book Overview

Earlier historians of India's economic history have argued that traditional manufacturing in India was destroyed or devitalized during the colonial period, and that modern industry is substantially different. Exploring new material from research into five traditional industries, Tirthankar Roy's book contests these notions, demonstrating that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521650127
• ISBN13: 9780521650120
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"