Latika Chaudhary is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School, USABishnupriya Gupta is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UKTirthankar Roy is Professor of Economics History at the London School of Economics, UK.Anand V. Swamy is Professor of Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts, U.S.A

• 1. Introduction 2. Indian economic performance and living standards: 1600-2000 3. The Colonial Transition and the Decline of the East India Company, c.1746-1784 4. The Myth and Reality of Deindustrialisation in Early Modern India 5. The Rise of Modern Industry in Colonial India 6. Colonial India and the World Economy, c. 1850-1940 7. Agriculture in Colonial India 8. The Long Run Consequences of Colonial Institutions 9. Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? 10. Caste, Colonialism and Schooling: Education in British India 11. The Growth of a Labour Market in the Twentieth Century 12. Industrial Labour in Late Colonial India 13. Law and Contract Enforcement in Colonial India 14. The Partition and its Aftermath: Empirical Investigations

Latika Chaudhary is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School, USABishnupriya Gupta is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UKTirthankar Roy is Professor of Economics History at the London School of Economics, UK.Anand V. Swamy is Professor of Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts, U.S.A

• 1. Introduction 2. Indian economic performance and living standards: 1600-2000 3. The Colonial Transition and the Decline of the East India Company, c.1746-1784 4. The Myth and Reality of Deindustrialisation in Early Modern India 5. The Rise of Modern Industry in Colonial India 6. Colonial India and the World Economy, c. 1850-1940 7. Agriculture in Colonial India 8. The Long Run Consequences of Colonial Institutions 9. Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? 10. Caste, Colonialism and Schooling: Education in British India 11. The Growth of a Labour Market in the Twentieth Century 12. Industrial Labour in Late Colonial India 13. Law and Contract Enforcement in Colonial India 14. The Partition and its Aftermath: Empirical Investigations