"In Chinese and Indian Merchants in Modern Asia , the contributors put together an important and lucid study of overseas Chinese and Indian merchants and their impacts on the emerging global economy from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries. In contrast to the conventional focus on the...

Papers presented at the National Conference in Honour of K.N. Raj, economic planning advisor, and economics professor from India; conference held in 2004 at St. Thomas College, Trichur, in the state of Kerala, India; honorary volume

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

Contrary to popular narratives, 'The Great Divergence Reconsidered' shows that Europe's rise to its current status as an undisputed world economic leader was not the effect of the Industrial Revolution, nor can it be explained by coal or colonial exploitation. Using a wealth of new historical...

With 1.1 billion residents, the world's largest democracy is poised to dominate the world stage. One of India's wealthiest men gives an insider's view into his country's dynamic transformation, revealing the forces and unique characteristics behind India's meteoric rise. India is not just...

1. Distinguishing four phases -- 2. Phase I (1951-65) : takeoff under a liberal regime -- 3. Phase II (1965-81) : socialism strikes with a vengeance -- 4. Phase III (1981-88) : liberalization by stealth -- 5. Phase IV (1988-2006) : triumph of liberalization -- 6. A tale of two countries : India...