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100			_aGupta, Bishnupriya _915546
245			_aEconomic history of India: Growth, income and inequalities from the mughals to the 21st century
250			_aSouth Asia Edition
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press _c2025
300			_a219 p.
520			_aThis book offers a major new economic history of India from the reign of Akbar in the sixteenth century to India's post-independence integration into the global economy. Using concepts and theories from economics and economic history alongside extensive new data, Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding the economic impacts and legacies of British rule. She charts India's transition from precolonial economy to colonial rule and evaluates its economic performance from a comparative perspective, particularly in the context of the Great Divergence between Europe and Asia. Finally, she examines India's post-independence economy and the evolution of social and economic inequality through to the turn of the twenty-first century. By taking a long view, the book sheds new light on the persistent effects of historical institutions as well as the impacts of policy-driven changes. It will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the long-run evolution of the Indian economy. - Offers a new framework for understanding the nature of development and underdevelopment in a large colonial economy. - Captures the impacts of both colonization and independence on the Indian economy. - Explores the evolution of social and economic inequality in India.
600			_aFinance and Economy Sector _915547
650			_aIndia's economic history _915548
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