The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720–1800
by Prasannan ParthasarathiFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-02-12
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
In a challenge to the widespread belief that poverty and poor living standards have been characteristic of India for centuries, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. It was with the rise of colonial rule, the author maintains, that the decline in their economic fortunes was initiated. This is a powerful revisionist statement on the role of Britain in India that will interest students of the region, and economic and colonial historians.
Table of Contents
| Tables | p. viii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Note on Indian Words and Place Names | p. x |
| Note on Money | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Weavers and Merchants 1720-1760 | p. 9 |
| Agriculture and Cotton Textiles | p. 43 |
| The Cotton Cultivation Process | p. 62 |
| The Cotton Trade in South India | p. 67 |
| On the Sources for Table 2.1 | p. 72 |
| Notes on the Cloth Trade | p. 73 |
| Weaver Distress 1765-1800 | p. 78 |
| Weaver Protest | p. 101 |
| Laborers, Kings and Colonialism | p. 121 |
| Glossary | p. 149 |
| Bibliography | p. 153 |
| Index | p. 161 |
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