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  • European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India

    European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India by Prakash, Om;

    Series: The New Cambridge History of India;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 28 June 1998

    • ISBN 9780521257589
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages398 pages
    • Size 231x150x30 mm
    • Weight 750 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 6 maps 25 tables
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    Short description:

    This book considers the impact of European trade on the pre-modern Indian economy.

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    Long description:

    European traders first appeared in India at the end of the fifteenth century and began exporting goods to Europe as well as to other parts of Asia. In a detailed analysis of the trading operations of European corporate enterprises such as the English and Dutch East India Companies, as well as those of private European traders, this book considers how, over a span of three centuries, the Indian economy expanded and was integrated into the pre-modern world economy as a result of these interactions. The book also describes how this essentially market-determined commercial encounter changed in the latter half of the eighteenth century as the colonial relationship between Britain and the subcontinent was established. By bringing together and examining the existing literature, the author provides a fascinating overview of the impact of European trade on the pre-modern Indian economy which will be of value to students of Indian, European and colonial history.

    "Analyzes European trading operations in precolonial India." Journal of Economic Literature

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction; 1. India in the Indian Ocean trade, c.1500; 2. The Portuguese in India, 1500-1640; 3. The European trading companies, exports from Europe and the generation of purchasing power in Asia; 4. The companies in India: the politics and the economics of trade; 5. Euro-Asian and intra-Asian trade: the phase of Dutch domination, 1600-80; 6. The VOC and the growing competition by the English and the French, 1680-1740; 7. The supremacy of the English East India Company, 1740-1800; 8. European trade and the Indian economy; 9. Conclusion.

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