Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars

North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion 1770-1870

AvC.A. Bayly

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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This path-breaking work on the social and economic history of colonial India traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire following the 1857 'mutiny'. C.A. Bayly analyses the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the upheavals in the eighteenth century that paved the way for the incoming British. He shows how the colonial enterprise was built on an existing resilient network of towns, rural bazaars, and merchant communities; and how in turn, colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. This edition comes with a new introduction.This book is an important reading for students, scholars, and teachers of modern Indian history, economic history, and sociology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-10
Mått:137 x 217 x 37 mm
Vikt:628 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford India Perennials Series
Antal sidor:552
Upplaga:3
Förlag:OUP India
ISBN:9780198077466

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C.A. Bayly is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.

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LIST OF MAPS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES ON THE USE OF INDIAN WORDS AND ON GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCTION; 1. PROLOGUE: WAR AND SOCIETY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INDIA; 2. AGRICULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND POLITICS; 3. STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE CITIES, 1780-1810; 4. THE RISE OF THE CORPORATIONS; 5. THE GROWTH OF POLITICAL STABILITY IN INDIA, 1780-1830; 6. THE INDIGENOUS ORIGINS OF THE 'COLONIAL ECONOMY'; 7. THE CRISIS OF THE NORTH INDIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1825-45; 8. CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN THE CITIES, 1800-57; 9. SMALL TOWNS IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE QASBAH UNDER PRESSURE; 10. THE MERCHANT FAMILY; 11. THE MERCHANT FAMILY AS A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE; 12. TOWNS, TRADE, AND SOCIETY AFTER THE GREAT REBELLION; CONCLUSIONS; EPILOGUE TO THE INDIAN EDITION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE; GLOSSARY; INDEX