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Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya is a leading historian of Modern Indian Economic History. Apart from his monumental contribution to the historical research, he has guided a generation of scholars. In his life time, he has become an institution. This volume has been composed by the collective efforts some of his former students as a mark of respect for him. The contributors narrate the historical experiences of the oppressed groups or classes in society, that is, ...
This volume deals with the broad rhythms of farm economy and peasant society in the Bombay presidency during a century of colonial rule. The subject-matter of the book, under development in modern history, will make this work equally useful to economists and historians. At a time when the fast growing economies of western Europe and North America were the hub of industrial revolution, the vast expanse of humanity living in the societies of Asia (excepting Japan), ...
The official narratives compiled by the colonial administrators explained famines as a simples natural phenomena. The rainfailures resulted in crop failures which in turn caused scarcities, starvations and deaths. The unofficial narratives tell a different story. Historically, with the advent of industrial revolution and capitalism, the nature of famines underwent change. The industrial countries acquired immunity and famines were increasingly confined to the ...