02129nam a22003014a 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000170007302000290009002000300011904000280014904200080017704300120018505000220019708200150021910000210023424500830025526000640033830000400040249000420044250400510048452011410053565000500167665100300172665100320175665100390178828858BD-DhAAL20150128115045.0150128s2012    enkab    b    001 0 eng    a  2011035574  a9781107009103 (hardback)  a9781107401471 (paperback)  aDLCcDLCdDLCdBD-DhAAL  apcc  aa-ii---00aHF3785b.R69 201200a337.542231 aRoy, Tirthankar.10aIndia in the world economy :bfrom antiquity to the present /cTirthankar Roy.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  axiv, 288 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.0 aNew approaches to Asian history ;v10  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa, and trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and opium to indigo. In a journey across 2,000 years, this enthralling book written by a leading South Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how changing patterns of globalization reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the way, the book asks three major questions. Is this a particularly Indian story? When did the big turning points happen? And is it possible to distinguish the modern from the pre-modern pattern of exchange? These questions invite a new approach to the study of Indian history by placing the region squarely at the center of the narrative. This is global history written on India,Ŵs terms and, as such, the book invites South Asian, Indian, and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies"-- 7aHISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.2bisacsh 0aIndiaxCommercexHistory. 0aIndiaxEconomic conditions. 0aIndiaxForeign economic relations.