Merchants, Markets and the State in Early Modern IndiaSanjay Subrahmanyam The concepts of "trade," "market," and "state" both divide historians, economists, and anthropologists, and provide a meeting point for discussion in these disciplines. These essays, originally published in the Indian Economic and Social History Review and available now for the first time in a single volume, provide a comprehensive look at the process of economic change in pre-industrial India; the ways in which markets functioned; the role of individuals merchants in the regional societies of India; the position of mercantile communities as agents and victims of change; and the complex relationships between political states and trading communities. |
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The Portuguese the port of Basrur and the rice trade 160050 | 18 |
Entrepot and hinterland 16501750 | 48 |
Textile producers and production in late seventeenth century | 66 |
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