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008			150128s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011035574
020			_a9781107009103 (hardback)
020			_a9781107401471 (paperback)
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050	0	0	_aHF3785 _b.R69 2012
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100	1		_aRoy, Tirthankar. _97540
245	1	0	_aIndia in the world economy : _bfrom antiquity to the present / _cTirthankar Roy.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_axiv, 288 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aNew approaches to Asian history ; _v10
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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"--
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. _2bisacsh _97541
651		0	_aIndia _xCommerce _xHistory. _97542
651		0	_aIndia _xEconomic conditions. _97543
651		0	_aIndia _xForeign economic relations. _97544
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