Eighteenth-Century Gujarat: The Dynamics of Its Political Economy, 1750-1800 (TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction)

Based on Dutch and English archival sources, this study analyses the political economy of Gujarat in the eighteenth century and situates the economic growth of the region in the broader context of the major issues and debates in the historiography of early modern South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The Eighteenth Century In South Asian History Is A Period Of Great Dynamism And A Critical Phase In The Historical Trajectory Of The Subcontinent. This Book Focuses On The Merchants And Manufacturers Of Gujarat, Who Amidst Complex Political Developments Succeeded In Preserving Their Autonomy And Freedom In The Market Place. By Spotting Economic Growth In The Late Eighteenth Century, This Study Rejects The Constructed Dualism Between A Seventeenth Century Of Great Progress And An Eighteenth Century Of Chaos And Decline.--book Jacket. Ch. 1. State And Political Power -- Ch. 2. Market Economy, Labour, And Wages -- Ch. 3. Asian Merchants Of Gujarat And Indian Ocean Trade -- Ch. 4. Gujarat In Asian And Euro-asian Trade: The Dutch East India Company -- Ch. 5. The Gujarat Economy: Potentiality And Performance. By Ghulam A. Nadri. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [225]-235) And Index.