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Trade Disruption, Industrialisation, and the Setting Sun of British Colonial Rule in India

Bonfatti, Roberto - 2020

Colonial trade encouraged the colonies to specialise in primary products. Did this prevent in-dustrialisation in the … examine the impact of the temporary collapse in trade between Britain and India due to World War I, on industrialisation and … anti-imperial feelings in India. Exploiting cross-district variation in exposure to the trade shock stemming from initial …

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War, Trade, and Mercantilism : Reconciling Adam Smith's Three Theories of the British Empire

Weingast, Barry R. - 2018

that the empire was created for merchants eager to monopolize the colonial trade. Smith concludes that “Great Britain … argues, for example, that the harm to France from prohibiting trade in military stores more than compensated for the loss in …

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Lagaan : Once Upon a Time in India: The Portrayal of British Colonialism in India Cinema

Imran, Mohd - 2022

In this blog, I examine the depiction of British involvement in agrarian policies in Lagaan. I argue that to generate greater revenue and extend their control over newer territories, the British codified laws, created military alliances, and set up courts. Priority was given to laws relating to...

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