Vinay Bahl, presently a non-affiliated research scholar, taught historical sociology in the United States for many years. She received her Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Binghamton University, New York and M. Phil degree in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She was an invited guest scholar of the College de France, Paris, for one academic year. She was also an Associate Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Amsterdam.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONSECTION I • Defining and Explaining the Problem1 • Spurious and Misleading Binary DistinctionSECTION II • A Possible Alternative Perspective2 • Erasing the Binary DistinctionSECTION III • Applying the Alternative Perspective3 • Interaction and Conjunction of International Historical Forces, 1800–19134 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Russia, 1880–19145 • The (Non)Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Britain, 1880–19146 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Post-Colonial Imperial US, 1880–19147 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in India Under British Colonial Rule, 1880–191SUMMARY AND OBSERVATIONSBibliographyAbout the AuthorAbstract

Vinay Bahl, presently a non-affiliated research scholar, taught historical sociology in the United States for many years. She received her Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Binghamton University, New York and M. Phil degree in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She was an invited guest scholar of the College de France, Paris, for one academic year. She was also an Associate Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Amsterdam.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONSECTION I • Defining and Explaining the Problem1 • Spurious and Misleading Binary DistinctionSECTION II • A Possible Alternative Perspective2 • Erasing the Binary DistinctionSECTION III • Applying the Alternative Perspective3 • Interaction and Conjunction of International Historical Forces, 1800–19134 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Russia, 1880–19145 • The (Non)Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Britain, 1880–19146 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Post-Colonial Imperial US, 1880–19147 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in India Under British Colonial Rule, 1880–191SUMMARY AND OBSERVATIONSBibliographyAbout the AuthorAbstract

Vinay Bahl, presently a non-affiliated research scholar, taught historical sociology in the United States for many years. She received her Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Binghamton University, New York and M. Phil degree in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She was an invited guest scholar of the College de France, Paris, for one academic year. She was also an Associate Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Amsterdam.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONSECTION I • Defining and Explaining the Problem1 • Spurious and Misleading Binary DistinctionSECTION II • A Possible Alternative Perspective2 • Erasing the Binary DistinctionSECTION III • Applying the Alternative Perspective3 • Interaction and Conjunction of International Historical Forces, 1800–19134 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Russia, 1880–19145 • The (Non)Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Britain, 1880–19146 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Post-Colonial Imperial US, 1880–19147 • The Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in India Under British Colonial Rule, 1880–191SUMMARY AND OBSERVATIONSBibliographyAbout the AuthorAbstract