An important constraint in studying intergenerational education mobility for India is the lack of data that contain information about parents' education for the entire adult population. This paper employs a novel strategy to create a unique father-son matched data that is representative of the...

Using nationally representative and publicly available India Human Development Survey (IHDS), we create a unique son-father matched data that is representative of the entire adult male population (aged 20-65) in India. We use this data to document the evolution of intergenerational transmission...

India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Problem of Quotation and Transliteration -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 0.1) Preliminary Remarks...

This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire...

The rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly connected to emblematic events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal...

Intro -- Foreword -- Message -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter-1 -- Water for Irrigation: An Overview -- 1.1 Why Water Is Vital for Agriculture? -- 1.2 How Much Water Does the Earth...

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Endorsements -- Contents -- Part I: New Forces in Global Marketing -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Where the Profits Are Made -- 1.2 Global Dimensions of the BRICs´ Rise -- 1.3 Countdown: BRIC Brands to Conquer the World -- References -- 2: The New Paradigm:...

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Interrogating Disability in India -- Abstract -- 1.1 Defining Disability -- 1.2 State Policies, Disability Discourse and Quality of Life of Disabled People in India -- 1.2.1 Programmatic Interventions for Persons with...