Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The ‘Early Modern’ in Indian Economic History 2. Formation of New States 3. Consequences of State Formation: Colonialism, Public Goods, and Institutions 4. The Agrarian Order 5. Conditions of Business 6. Towns 7. Levels of Living 8. Conclusion

About the Author

Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His previous publications include India in the World Economy from Antiquity to the Present (2012), The Economic History of India 1857-1947 (3d edition, 2011), and Rethinking Economic Change in India: Labour and Livelihood (Routledge, 2005).

Reviews

‘This book should be required reading for anyone studying either ‘early modern’ India or the colonial impact on South Asia, where it offers a valuable starting point…The debates it addresses are essential to any serious understanding both of ‘early modern’ India and the nature of the colonial impact.’ David Washbrook, University of Cambridge, UK ‘The author makes the original and interesting argument that the success of the East India Company had to do with introducing market discipline into the process of collecting taxes…The book is extremely useful and comprehensive, and tries to see how all the parts fit together.’ Susan Wolcott, Binghamton University, USA