Latika Chaudhary is Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School. Her recent publications include 'Railways, Development and Literacy in India' in the Journal of Economic History (2023) and 'The Growth Contribution of Colonial Indian Railways in Comparative Perspective' in Economic History Review (2024). Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. His publications include Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics and Land or Sea? How Geography Shaped the Emergence of Colonialism. Anand V. Swamy is Class of 1924 Professor of Economics, Williams College. He is a co-author of Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016), and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).

• Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part 1. Colonial India 1757–1947: 1. Introduction to Part 1 Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy; 2. Regions, States, and Economies in Transition, 1750–1850 Lakshmi Subramanian and Santanu Sengupta; 3. The Colonial Origins of India's Service Sector Advantage Bishnupriya Gupta; 4. Agriculture Takashi Kurosaki; 5. Industry Chikayoshi Nomura; 6. Small-scale Industries Douglas Haynes; 7. Trade and Finance Tirthankar Roy; 8. Business History Christof De Jung; 9. Regional Patterns of Economic Change: North India Clive Dewey; 10. Western India Neeraj Hatekar; 11. Eastern India Indrajit Ray; 12. South India Tsukasa Mizushima; 13. Political Economy Shigeru Akita; 14. Law and the Economy Peter Robb; 15. Infrastructure: Irrigation Ian Stone; 16. Infrastructure: Railways Latika Chaudhary; 17. Population and Health Leela Visaria; 18. Education Latika Chaudhary; 19. Women, Wives, and Workers Samita Sen; 20. Labour Arjan De Haan; 21. Internal Migration, c. 1850–2020 Chinmay Tumbe; 22. Colonial Cities and Urbanization Latika Chaudhary and James Fenske; 23. The Environment and the Economy Vinita Damodaran; 24. Princely States Meeta Kumar and Rohini Somanathan.

Latika Chaudhary is Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School. Her recent publications include 'Railways, Development and Literacy in India' in the Journal of Economic History (2023) and 'The Growth Contribution of Colonial Indian Railways in Comparative Perspective' in Economic History Review (2024). Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. His publications include Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics and Land or Sea? How Geography Shaped the Emergence of Colonialism. Anand V. Swamy is Class of 1924 Professor of Economics, Williams College. He is a co-author of Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016), and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).

• Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part 1. Colonial India 1757–1947: 1. Introduction to Part 1 Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy; 2. Regions, States, and Economies in Transition, 1750–1850 Lakshmi Subramanian and Santanu Sengupta; 3. The Colonial Origins of India's Service Sector Advantage Bishnupriya Gupta; 4. Agriculture Takashi Kurosaki; 5. Industry Chikayoshi Nomura; 6. Small-scale Industries Douglas Haynes; 7. Trade and Finance Tirthankar Roy; 8. Business History Christof De Jung; 9. Regional Patterns of Economic Change: North India Clive Dewey; 10. Western India Neeraj Hatekar; 11. Eastern India Indrajit Ray; 12. South India Tsukasa Mizushima; 13. Political Economy Shigeru Akita; 14. Law and the Economy Peter Robb; 15. Infrastructure: Irrigation Ian Stone; 16. Infrastructure: Railways Latika Chaudhary; 17. Population and Health Leela Visaria; 18. Education Latika Chaudhary; 19. Women, Wives, and Workers Samita Sen; 20. Labour Arjan De Haan; 21. Internal Migration, c. 1850–2020 Chinmay Tumbe; 22. Colonial Cities and Urbanization Latika Chaudhary and James Fenske; 23. The Environment and the Economy Vinita Damodaran; 24. Princely States Meeta Kumar and Rohini Somanathan.

Latika Chaudhary is Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School. Her recent publications include 'Railways, Development and Literacy in India' in the Journal of Economic History (2023) and 'The Growth Contribution of Colonial Indian Railways in Comparative Perspective' in Economic History Review (2024). Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. His publications include Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics and Land or Sea? How Geography Shaped the Emergence of Colonialism. Anand V. Swamy is Class of 1924 Professor of Economics, Williams College. He is a co-author of Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016), and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).

• Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part 1. Colonial India 1757–1947: 1. Introduction to Part 1 Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy; 2. Regions, States, and Economies in Transition, 1750–1850 Lakshmi Subramanian and Santanu Sengupta; 3. The Colonial Origins of India's Service Sector Advantage Bishnupriya Gupta; 4. Agriculture Takashi Kurosaki; 5. Industry Chikayoshi Nomura; 6. Small-scale Industries Douglas Haynes; 7. Trade and Finance Tirthankar Roy; 8. Business History Christof De Jung; 9. Regional Patterns of Economic Change: North India Clive Dewey; 10. Western India Neeraj Hatekar; 11. Eastern India Indrajit Ray; 12. South India Tsukasa Mizushima; 13. Political Economy Shigeru Akita; 14. Law and the Economy Peter Robb; 15. Infrastructure: Irrigation Ian Stone; 16. Infrastructure: Railways Latika Chaudhary; 17. Population and Health Leela Visaria; 18. Education Latika Chaudhary; 19. Women, Wives, and Workers Samita Sen; 20. Labour Arjan De Haan; 21. Internal Migration, c. 1850–2020 Chinmay Tumbe; 22. Colonial Cities and Urbanization Latika Chaudhary and James Fenske; 23. The Environment and the Economy Vinita Damodaran; 24. Princely States Meeta Kumar and Rohini Somanathan.