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

by Prasannan Parthasarathi

Book Overview

According to widespread belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. Challenging this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. The decline in their economic fortunes, the author asserts, was a process initiated towards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033101
• ISBN13: 9780521033107
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"