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Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars

North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion 1770-1870

CA Bayly author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:OUP India

Published:10th May '12

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This path-breaking work on the social and economic history of colonial India traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire following the 1857 'mutiny'. C.A. Bayly analyses the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the upheavals in the eighteenth century that paved the way for the incoming British. He shows how the colonial enterprise was built on an existing resilient network of towns, rural bazaars, and merchant communities; and how in turn, colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. This edition comes with a new introduction. This book is an important reading for students, scholars, and teachers of modern Indian history, economic history, and sociology.

ISBN: 9780198077466

Dimensions: 217mm x 137mm x 37mm

Weight: 628g

552 pages