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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033055
• ISBN13: 9780521033053
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"