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Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the modern Indian economy, B. R. Tomlinson considers the history of economic growth and change over the last 150 years.

Table of Contents
Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 1860–1950: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 1860–1945: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939–80; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.

The Economy of Modern India

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/25/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107021181, 978-1107021181
      ISBN10: 1107021189

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the modern Indian economy, B. R. Tomlinson considers the history of economic growth and change over the last 150 years.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 1860–1950: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 1860–1945: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939–80; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.

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