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- Compares India’s economic development with China’s to provide a comparative analysis
- Evaluates whether India’s current development path is sustainable
- Highlights the role trade played in the historic and modern development of India
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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This book, the first of two volumes, explores India’s economic development from 5000BC through to the India’s independence period from 1947AD to 2022AD. The specific characteristics of economic development in India are examined to help determine development paths India can pursue to create sustainable development in the 21st century. The transition from the primary section to the secondary sector, through the process of industrialisation and in turn the move towards the services sector, is discussed in relation to climate change and the pressure on resources posed by population growth.
This book aims to contextualise India’s economic development within the political economy of trade, sustainable development and culture with a particular focus on the institutions that have emerged in the Indian sub-continent since 5000BC. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in economic history, development economics, and the political economy.
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Book Title: The Political Economy of India's Economic Development: 5000BC to 2022AD, Volume I
Book Subtitle: Before the Indus Civilisation to Alexander the Great
Authors: Sangaralingam Ramesh
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42072-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42071-9Published: 15 October 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42074-0Published: 15 October 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42072-6Published: 14 October 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 310
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic History, Economic Growth, Political Economy/Economic Systems