Industrialization and growth: A comparative study
In: Structural change and economic dynamics, Volume 2, Issue 1, p. 247-249
ISSN: 1873-6017
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In: Structural change and economic dynamics, Volume 2, Issue 1, p. 247-249
ISSN: 1873-6017
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 19, Issue 3/4, p. 3
In: Journal of development economics, Volume 35, Issue 1, p. 206-211
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 10, p. 63
In: Modern Asian studies, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 501-519
ISSN: 1469-8099
In 1800, British India was emphatically a multi-region economy, with political and physical boundaries separating the different parts. The British were on the eve of bringing the whole of India (except Sind and the kingdom of Ranjit Singh in the North-West) under their political control. But political control did not at once bring a real unification of currency or banking that serviced long-distance or external trade, let alone the network of cash or credit transactions that kept the locally centred economic activities going.
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 4, p. 57
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 3
In: Modern Asian studies, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 501
ISSN: 0026-749X
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 12, p. 28
In: Contributions to political economy, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 15-38
ISSN: 1464-3588
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 5/6, p. 3
In: The Indian economic and social history review: IESHR, Volume 16, Issue 2, p. 147-161
ISSN: 0973-0893
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Volume 12, Issue 2, p. 135-164
ISSN: 0022-0388
Discussions regarding the degree of deindustrialization in 19th century India have usually been based upon "impressionistic observations or aprioristic arguments." The process of deindustrialization is demonstrated through an extension of the arguments of J. Hicks (A THEORY OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1969) & D. Ricardo, (THE WORKS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID RICARDO, P. Sraffa & M. H. Dobb, Ed's, Cambridge, England: Cambridge U Press, 1966) & a comparison of data on employment in secondary industry at the beginning & end of the 19th century in the state of Bihar. The most significant empirical evidence is the decline of traditional cotton weaving & spinning. Contradictions in the ideal & actual models of capitalism in it's international aspect surface in the "backwash effects" of advanced industrialized countries. These effects include industrial employment, investment, & distribution of income, which are correlated with the retardation of underdeveloped countries' industrialization. Development which proceeds by localized economic activities, distributing incomes & opportunities equally & controlling these "backwash" effects on other regions, offers alternatives for the construction of a new paradigm. 2 Tables. Modified HA.
In: The journal of development studies, Volume 12, Issue 2, p. 135-164
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: India quarterly: a journal of international affairs, Volume 28, Issue 3, p. 284-285
ISSN: 0975-2684