"Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded … Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how … changing patterns of globalization reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the …

This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of …Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The making of British India -- Chapter 3: The business of the cities -- Chapter 4 … legacy it left behind. Did British rule lead to India’s impoverishment, economic disruption and famine? Under British rule …