LEADER 03294nam 22006492 450 001 9910807079703321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-11332-6 010 $a1-280-15313-X 010 $a0-511-11645-4 010 $a0-511-01850-9 010 $a0-511-15621-9 010 $a0-511-32913-X 010 $a0-511-49741-5 010 $a0-511-05361-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000008080 035 $a(EBL)201835 035 $a(OCoLC)559243670 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268709 035 $a(PQKB)10656769 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511497414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201835 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064283 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15313 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000008080 100 $a20090309d2001|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe transition to a colonial economy $eweavers, merchants, and kings in South India, 1720-1800 /$fPrasannan Parthasarathi$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 165 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in Indian history and society ;$v7 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-05622-5 311 $a0-521-57042-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index. 327 $g1.$tWeavers and merchants 1720-1760 --$g2.$tAgriculture and cotton textiles --$g3.$tWeaver distress 1765-1800 --$g4.$tWeaver protest --$g5.$tLaborers, kings and colonialism. 330 $aAccording to widespread belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. Challenging this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. The decline in their economic fortunes, the author asserts, was a process initiated towards the end of that century, with the rise of colonial rule. Building on revisionist interpretations, he examines the transformation of Indian society and its economy under British rule through the prism of the labouring classes, arguing that their treatment by the early colonial state had no precedent in the pre-colonial past and that poverty and low wages were a product of colonial rule. The book promises to make an important contribution to the economic history of the region, and to the study of colonialism. 410 0$aCambridge studies in Indian history and society. ;$v7. 606 $aIndustries$zIndia, South$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aIndia, South$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 615 0$aIndustries$xHistory 676 $a330.954/029 700 $aParthasarathi$b Prasannan$0741124 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807079703321 996 $aThe transition to a colonial economy$94063183 997 $aUNINA