Palgrave MacMillan
The Story of Indian Manufacturing: Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
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- Vijay K Seth
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Hardcover
- 9789811055737
- 8.27 X 5.83 X 0.75 inches
- 1.18 pounds
- Business & Economics > International - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route pioneered by Vasco-da-Gamma in 1498 and the other was the dawn of the Mughal Empire in 1526. The book explores how these two events provided the appropriate stimulus for the emergence of traditional flexible manufacturing in India and how they played a vital role in the pattern of growth of the Indian manufacturing: The Mughal Empire created an integrated economy of continental size whereas European trading companies expanded the commercial connectivity of the Indian economy and South East Asia. It further investigates how the circumstances created by the colonial administration, factor endowment and market conditions created the complex forms of manufacturing enterprises that India inherited at the time of independence. It is a valuable resource for students of history, economic history, business history and the history of technology.
Author Bio
Vijay K Seth, PhD (Delhi School of Economics), is former Professor at International Management Institute, New Delhi and Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi. He is author of seven books, including The Story of Indian Manufacturing: Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947), published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.
He has also published around one hundred research papers, chapters in edited books, review articles and book reviews which have appeared in Indian and foreign journals. He has presented several research papers in India and abroad. He is the founding editor of Emerging Economy Studies, a journal published by SAGE India. He has travelled widely across Europe and has trekked in various parts of the Himalayas and the Eastern and Western Ghats of India.
Source: Sage Publishing
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