Research Catalog

Title

Eighteenth-century Gujarat : the dynamics of its political economy, 1750-1800 / by Ghulam A. Nadri.

Author

Nadri, Ghulam A.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 242 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, 1871-6938 ; v. 11

Uniform Title

TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 11.

Subject

• Businesspeople > India > Gujarat > History > 18th century
• Gujarat (India) > Economic conditions > 18th century
• Gujarat (India) > Politics and government > 18th century
• Gujarat

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. State and Political Power -- Ch. 2. Market Economy, Labour, and Wages -- Ch. 3. Asian Merchants of Gujarat and Indian Ocean Trade -- Ch. 4. Gujarat in Asian and Euro-Asian Trade: The Dutch East India Company -- Ch. 5. The Gujarat Economy: Potentiality and Performance.

ISBN

• 9789004172029 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004172025 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008045747

OCLC

• 244058957
• SCSB-12292577

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library