Concise History of Indian Economy (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

Description

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of 21st century. It examines political events, social history, and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past, present, and future, and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy.

This volume covers a range of important themes, which include,

- Medieval Fiscal Systems, and the European surge in India;

- Impact of British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; imperialistic economy and its impact;

- Indian economy and nationalist movement in the 19th and early-20th century; The Great Depression and its Global Consequences;

- Gandhiism and 'mass nationalism'; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy, rise of the Dollar, and other key global trends;

- The Cold War and India;

- Constitutional remedies, nation-building and Industrial Policies; food security, green revolution, and the power politics of 1970s;

- Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization in the 1990s; and

- The economy of war and peace, India-China relations, and current trends in political economy.

Lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India, this book will interest readers of Indian history, economic history, and South Asian history and other general readers.