LEADER 03251nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910781106403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-82552-5 010 $a1-283-04039-5 010 $a9786613040398 010 $a0-203-83089-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000031342 035 $a(EBL)652869 035 $a(OCoLC)710219045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12146257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489113 035 $a(PQKB)10500577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC652869 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL652869 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452639 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304039 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000031342 100 $a20100812d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857)$b[electronic resource] /$fIndrajit Ray 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge explorations in economic history ;$v51 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-80772-9 311 $a0-415-59477-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis book seeks to enlighten two grey areas of industrial historiography. Although Bengal industries were globally dominant on the eve of the industrial revolution, no detailed literature is available about their later course of development. A series of questions are involved in it. Did those industries decline during the spells of British industrial revolution? If yes, what were their reasons? If not, the general curiosity is: On which merits could those industries survive against the odds of the technological revolution? A thorough discussion on these issues also clears up another area of 410 0$aRoutledge explorations in economic history ;$v51. 606 $aIndustries$zIndia$zBengal$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aIndustries$zIndia$zBengal$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIndustrial revolution$zGreat Britain 607 $aBengal (India)$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aBengal (India)$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 615 0$aIndustries$xHistory 615 0$aIndustries$xHistory 615 0$aIndustrial revolution 676 $a338.0954/1409034 700 $aRay$b Indrajit$01502954 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781106403321 996 $aBengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857)$93731031 997 $aUNINA