03251nam 2200661 a 450 991078110640332120200520144314.01-136-82552-51-283-04039-597866130403980-203-83089-X(CKB)2550000000031342(EBL)652869(OCoLC)710219045(SSID)ssj0000467207(PQKBManifestationID)12146257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467207(PQKBWorkID)10489113(PQKB)10500577(MiAaPQ)EBC652869(Au-PeEL)EBL652869(CaPaEBR)ebr10452639(CaONFJC)MIL304039(EXLCZ)99255000000003134220100812d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857)[electronic resource] /Indrajit RayNew York Routledge20111 online resource (304 p.)Routledge explorations in economic history ;51Description based upon print version of record.1-138-80772-9 0-415-59477-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Bullion movement in Bengal during 1660-1860 -- Woes of cotton textile industry: competitive failures or policy discriminations? -- Prosperous silk textile industry: traditional edge of comparative advantages -- Decline of salt manufacturing industry: an episode of policy discriminations -- Ruin of the shipbuilding industry: further evidences of discrimination -- The development and decay of indigo-dye manufacturing industry: role of imperial governance -- Summary of observations and conclusions.This book seeks to enlighten two grey areas of industrial historiography. Although Bengal industries were globally dominant on the eve of the industrial revolution, no detailed literature is available about their later course of development. A series of questions are involved in it. Did those industries decline during the spells of British industrial revolution? If yes, what were their reasons? If not, the general curiosity is: On which merits could those industries survive against the odds of the technological revolution? A thorough discussion on these issues also clears up another area ofRoutledge explorations in economic history ;51.IndustriesIndiaBengalHistory18th centuryIndustriesIndiaBengalHistory19th centuryIndustrial revolutionGreat BritainBengal (India)Economic conditions18th centuryBengal (India)Economic conditions19th centuryIndustriesHistoryIndustriesHistoryIndustrial revolution338.0954/1409034Ray Indrajit1502954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781106403321Bengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857)3731031UNINA