Description |
1 online resource (701 pages) : illustrations. |
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Series |
Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; volume 8 |
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Library of economic history ; volume 8.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The transitional state of India's history of ideas, science, technology and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries -- Mysore -- Gujarat -- Epilogue: Transition from middle to late modernity -- Appendix. |
Summary |
"India, Modernity and the Great Divergence is an original and pioneering book about India's transition towards modernity and the rise of the West. The work examines global entanglements alongside the internal dynamics of 17th to 19th century Mysore and Gujarat in comparison to other regions of Afro-Eurasia. It is an interdisciplinary survey that enriches our historical understanding of South Asia, ranging across the fascinating and intertwined worlds of modernizing rulers, wealthy merchants, curious scholars, utopian poets, industrious peasants, and skilled artisans. Bringing together socio-economic structures, warfare, techno-scientific innovations, knowledge production and transfer of ideas, this book forces us to rethink the reasons behind the emergence of the modern world"--Provided by publisher. |
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Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Social change -- India -- History.
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Economic development -- India -- History.
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Karnataka (India) -- Civilization.
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Gujarat (India) -- Civilization.
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India -- Civilization -- European influences.
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India -- Civilization -- 1200-1765.
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India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947.
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India -- Relations -- Europe.
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Europe -- Relations -- India.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Yazdani, Kaveh. India, modernity and the great divergence : Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th c.). Leiden : Brill, [2017] Library of economic history ; volume 8 9789004330788 |
ISBN |
9789004330788 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9789004330788 |
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9789004330795 (e-book) |
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