The Making of an Indian Ocean World-Economy, 1250-1650: Princes, Paddy Fields, and Bazaars

by Ravi Palat

This book draws upon the histories of societies based on wet-rice cultivation, such as India and China, to chart a pattern of social evolution and state formation different from Eurocentric notions. Professor Palat argues that production conditions in wet-rice agriculture did not favor large farms and that the absence of a political relationship between capitalists and rulers led to the absence of monopolies which generated the surplus that facilitated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137542195
• ISBN13: 9781137542199
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"