The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society Series)
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According to widespread belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. Challenging this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. The decline in their economic fortunes, the author asserts, was a process initiated towards...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521033101
ISBN13:9780521033107
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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