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How British Rule Changed India’s Economy The Paradox of the Raj

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Palgrave Macmillan 2019Description: 159pISBN:
  • 9783030177072
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.954 ROY.H
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This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of legacy it left behind. Did British rule lead to India’s impoverishment, economic disruption and famine? Under British rule, evidence suggests there were beneficial improvements, with an eventual rise in life expectancy and an increase in wealth for some sectors of the population and economy, notably for much business and industry. Yet many poor people suffered badly, with agricultural stagnation and an underfunded government who were too small to effect general improvements. In this book Roy explains the paradoxical combination of wealth and poverty, looking at both sides of nineteenth century capitalism.

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