Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India / Tirthankar Roy.

By:

Roy, Tirthankar

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 5Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: xi, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0521650127

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DDC classification:

338.0954 ROY 21

LOC classification:

HC435.1 .R69 1999

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Summary: The author challenges the view that traditional industry was destroyed in the colonial period. He argues that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing effect on manufacturing generally and that the major industries in post-independence India were shaped by such transformations.

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The author challenges the view that traditional industry was destroyed in the colonial period. He argues that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing effect on manufacturing generally and that the major industries in post-independence India were shaped by such transformations.

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