TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parthasarathi,Prasannan
TI  - The transition to a colonial economy: weavers, merchants, and kings in South India, 1720-1800 
T2  - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society
SN  - 9780521570428
AV  - HC437.S8 P37 2001eb
U1  - 330.954/029 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Industries
KW  - India, South
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Industrie
KW  - Inde (Sud)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Economic Conditions
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Economics
KW  - Comparative
KW  - Economic History
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - South India
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index; Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Note on Indian words and place names; Note on money; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Weavers and merchants 1720 ... 1760; 2 Agriculture and cotton textiles; 3 Weaver distress 1765 ... 1800; 4 Weaver protest; 5 Laborers, kings and colonialism; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Contrary to popular belief that poverty has been characteristic of India for centuries, the author demonstrates that, it was not until the rise of colonial rule that the decline in the economic fortunes of the labouring communities was initiated. The book represents a powerful revisionist statement on Britain in India
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