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The Hindu Equilibrium
India c.1500 B.C. - 2000 A.D.
Revised Edition
Deepak Lal
Price: £60.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-10: 0-19-927579-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927579-3
Publication date: 18 November 2004
484 pages, 7 maps, numerous tables, 234x156 mm
A sample of this book is available in PDF format
Ordering
Individual customers:
order by phone, post, or fax
Teachers in UK and European schools (and FE colleges in the UK):
order by phone, post, or fax
Reviews
* 'Review from previous edition [India in the World Economy is] a fascinating volume to be read by everyone who wants to understand the country and ask: where is India going? ... Some chapters succeed better than others. All of them, however, contain deep analysis that displays a master at work.' - Sumit K Majumdar, THES, 21/1/00
* 'I believe the book [The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth] to be essential reading for every serious analyst of development ... it is packed with thought-provoking ideas, evidence and discussion.' - Development Policy Review
* 'The insights gained [from The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth] constitute a richer explanation for the divergent development outcomes in East Asia compared with Latin America and Africa.' - Oxfam: Review of Journals
Description
* Broad sweep of Indian history, providing a wide ranging, novel and controversial interpretation of Indian society, economy and policy.
* Novel interpretation of India's long economic stagnation and its recent emergence as one of the world's fastest growing economies.
* Explanation for the unique caste system, and its continuing hold over Indian politics and society.
* Explains why India- a poor and illiterate country- has succeeded in establishing democracy when so many others in the Third World have failed.
* This new edition brings the story up to date with India's recent move from plan to market.
New to this edition
* In this revised and abridged edition of the previous two volumes, the story is brought up to date. It includes India's recent moves from the plan to the market which is at last shattering the age old Hindu Equilibrium.
India is an emerging giant. This book explains its long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political and historical evolution in long term perspective. It explains how its distinct social system based on caste arose and why it still is of importance in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market.
Readership: Academics, researchers, and policy-makers in governmental and non-governmental organizations
Contents
Introduction
1. The Pre-colonial Millennia, 1500 BC -- AD 1757
2. Hindu India
3. An Economic Rationale for the Hindu Social System
4. Muslim India
5. The Colonial Centuries, AD 1757 -- 1947
6. The Economy under the Raj, I: Overall Trends
7. The Economy under the Raj, II: Rural Development
8. The Economy under the Raj, III: Trade and Industry
9. The Evolution of Labour Markets
10. The Effects and Legacy of the Raj
Authors, editors, and contributors
Deepak Lal, University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199275793
India c.1500 B.C. - 2000 A.D.
Revised Edition
Deepak Lal
Price: £60.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-10: 0-19-927579-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927579-3
Publication date: 18 November 2004
484 pages, 7 maps, numerous tables, 234x156 mm
A sample of this book is available in PDF format
Ordering
Individual customers:
order by phone, post, or fax
Teachers in UK and European schools (and FE colleges in the UK):
order by phone, post, or fax
Reviews
* 'Review from previous edition [India in the World Economy is] a fascinating volume to be read by everyone who wants to understand the country and ask: where is India going? ... Some chapters succeed better than others. All of them, however, contain deep analysis that displays a master at work.' - Sumit K Majumdar, THES, 21/1/00
* 'I believe the book [The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth] to be essential reading for every serious analyst of development ... it is packed with thought-provoking ideas, evidence and discussion.' - Development Policy Review
* 'The insights gained [from The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth] constitute a richer explanation for the divergent development outcomes in East Asia compared with Latin America and Africa.' - Oxfam: Review of Journals
Description
* Broad sweep of Indian history, providing a wide ranging, novel and controversial interpretation of Indian society, economy and policy.
* Novel interpretation of India's long economic stagnation and its recent emergence as one of the world's fastest growing economies.
* Explanation for the unique caste system, and its continuing hold over Indian politics and society.
* Explains why India- a poor and illiterate country- has succeeded in establishing democracy when so many others in the Third World have failed.
* This new edition brings the story up to date with India's recent move from plan to market.
New to this edition
* In this revised and abridged edition of the previous two volumes, the story is brought up to date. It includes India's recent moves from the plan to the market which is at last shattering the age old Hindu Equilibrium.
India is an emerging giant. This book explains its long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political and historical evolution in long term perspective. It explains how its distinct social system based on caste arose and why it still is of importance in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market.
Readership: Academics, researchers, and policy-makers in governmental and non-governmental organizations
Contents
Introduction
1. The Pre-colonial Millennia, 1500 BC -- AD 1757
2. Hindu India
3. An Economic Rationale for the Hindu Social System
4. Muslim India
5. The Colonial Centuries, AD 1757 -- 1947
6. The Economy under the Raj, I: Overall Trends
7. The Economy under the Raj, II: Rural Development
8. The Economy under the Raj, III: Trade and Industry
9. The Evolution of Labour Markets
10. The Effects and Legacy of the Raj
Authors, editors, and contributors
Deepak Lal, University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199275793