Tale Of Four Indian Cities

Tale of Four Indian Cities presents a vivid picture of how the British political regime reorganized the structure of Indian economy to suite its own objectives.

Tale of Four Indian Cities presents a vivid picture of how the British political regime reorganized the structure of the Indian economy to suit its own objectives. While doing so, the regime also affected the geographical distribution of economic activities. This resulted in the decline of native cities and the increased prosperity of colonial cities.

To reveal how British colonial power brought about such changes in the Indian subcontinents, the book narrates the account of two pairs of native and colonial cities - Dacca and Calcutta from the Indian Eastern coast, and Surat and Bombay from the Western coast. These were major centres of manufacturing, shared a common history and experienced the consequences of three different political dispensations - the Mughal Empire, the East India Company and the British Raj.

Accessibly written, the volume will be of great interest to students, scholars and researchers of Indian colonial business and economic history. It will also be of interest to the general reader.

Autorentext

Vijay K. Seth, PhD (Delhi School of Economics), is former Professor at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi & at International Management Institute, New Delhi. He's authored eight books, including the latest book 'The Story of Indian Manufacturing: Encounters with the Mughals and British Empire (14981947)'. He has also published number of research papers, chapters in edited books, review articles and book reviews, that have appeared in Indian and Foreign journals. He has presented several research papers in the conferences in India and abroad. Dr. Seth is the founding editor of 'Emerging Economy Studies', a journal published by Sage, India. Dr. Seth has travelled widely and has trekked in various parts of the Himalayas and the Eastern and Western coast of India.

Inhalt

About the Author vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 1 Economic Environment during the Mughal Empire 17 2 Tale of Four Cities during the Mughal Empire 49 3 Economic Environment during the Rule of the East India Company 77 4 Tale of Four Cities and the East India Company 105 5 Economic Environment during the British Raj 134 6 Tale of Four Cities and the British Raj 161 Epilogue 190 Bibliography 192 Index 222