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100 1 _aGupta, Bishnupriya,
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245 1 3 _aAn Economic History of India :
_bGrowth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century
_c/ Bishnupriya Gupta,
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2025.
300 _axiv, 219p. ; 23cm.
490 0 _aCambridge studies in economic history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The decline and the rise of the Indian economy -- Agriculture as the engine of growth -- From handlooms to modern industry and the emergence of a planned economy -- Origins of India's service sector advantage -- Region, income, caste, and gender: Continuity and change -- Colonial development in a comparative perspective -- Conclusion: The Myths and the Realities of India's long run development.
520 _a"A major new economic history of India from the reign of Akbar to India's post-independence integration into the global economy. Bishnupriya Gupta builds a new framework for understanding development and underdevelopment in a large colonial economy as well as of India's post-independence economic performance through to the present day"--
546 _aEnglish
650 0 _aEconomic development
_zIndia
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650 0 _aEconomics, History.
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650 0 _a Regional History after 1500
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942 _cBK
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