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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480709403321

Autore

Nadri Ghulam A.

Titolo

The political economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930 : a global perspective / / by Ghulam A. Nadri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-31155-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

European Expansion and Indigenous Response, , 1873-8974 ; ; Volume 22

Disciplina

338.4/766726

Soggetti

Indigo industry - India - History

Dyes and dyeing - India - History

Electronic books.

India Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Making of Indigo: Cultivation and Manufacture -- From Manufactory to Market: Logistics and Commerce -- The Indigo Trade: Local and Global Demand -- The Making of the World Market: Indigo Commodity Chains -- The Political Economy of Indigo: States, Merchants, and Producers -- Conclusions -- Annual Volumes (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of the voc’s Indigo Exports from Surat, 1619–1742 -- Quantities and Values of Annual Indigo Sales by the voc, 1642–1765 -- Indigo Sale Prices (stivers/pound) in Amsterdam, 1695–1760 -- Quantities (in lb.) of Indigo Exported by the eic from Surat/Bombay, 1615–1729 -- Values (in rupees) of Annual Indigo Exports from India, 1795/96–1933/34 -- Quantities (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of voc’s Exports of Java Indigo to the Dutch Republic, 1704–1781 -- Values (in guilder) and Volumes (in kilogram) of Indigo Exports from Java, 1824–1873 -- Indigo Prices (rupees per man and stivers per Dutch pound) in India, 1609–1757 -- Indigo Prices in Calcutta (rupees/factory man) and London (pence/lb.), 1843–1921 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Political Economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930: A Global



Perspective Ghulam A. Nadri explores the dynamics of the indigo industry and trade from a long-term perspective and examines the local and global forces that affected the potentialities of production in India and elsewhere and caused periods of boom and slump in the industry. Using the commodity chains conceptual framework he examines the stages in the trajectory of indigo from production to consumption. Nadri shows convincingly that the growth or decline in indigo production and trade in India was a part of the global processes of production, trade, and consumption and that indigo as a global commodity was embedded in the politics of empire and colonial expansion.