Bengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857) [[electronic resource] /] / Indrajit Ray
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| Autore: |
Ray Indrajit
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| Titolo: |
Bengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857) [[electronic resource] /] / Indrajit Ray
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.0954/1409034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Industries - India - Bengal - History - 18th century |
| Industries - India - Bengal - History - 19th century | |
| Industrial revolution - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Bengal (India) Economic conditions 18th century |
| Bengal (India) Economic conditions 19th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 of |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bengal industries and the British industrial revolution (1757-1857) |
| ISBN: | 1-136-82552-5 |
| 1-283-04039-5 | |
| 9786613040398 | |
| 0-203-83089-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456930603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 51.