C.A. Bayly (University of Cambridge)

Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars

North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion 1770-1870

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This path-breaking work on the social and economic history of colonial India traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire following the 1857 'mutiny'. C.A. Bayly analyses the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the upheavals in the eighteenth century that paved the way for the incoming British. He shows how the colonial enterprise was built on an existing resilient network of towns, rural bazaars, and merchant communities; and how in turn, colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. This edition comes with a new introduction. This book is an important reading for students, scholars, and teachers of modern Indian history, economic history, and sociology.

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This book traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire. Focussing on the network of towns, bazaars, and merchant communities; and their impact on colonial trade and administration, it offers a new perspective on eighteenth-century India. This edition comes with a new introduction.

Produktdetails

• Oxford India Perennials Series
• Verlag: OUP India
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780198077466
• ISBN-10: 0198077467
• Artikelnr.: 35203979

Autorenporträt

C.A. Bayly is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
Notes on the use of Indian words and on geography
Introduction
Conclusions
Epilogue to the Indian Edition
Bibliographic Note
Glossary
Index