Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The making of British India -- Chapter 3: The business of the cities -- Chapter 4: Unyielding land -- Chapter 5: A poor state -- Chapter 6: End of famine -- Chapter 7: A different story? The princely states -- Chapter 8: Conclusion

Economic globalization, segmentation, and integration -- India and globalization : performance, perceptions, and policy -- Economic integration prior to liberalization -- Continuity and change in economic planning -- Fiscal federalism : finance commission's adaptation to new challenges --...