Eighteenth-century Gujarat

Nadri, Ghulam Ahmad:
Eighteenth-century Gujarat : the dynamics of its political economy, 1750-1800 / by Ghulam A. Nadri. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xxiii, 242 S. : Ill., Kt. - (TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, ; 11)
Hochschulschrift: Leiden, Univ., Diss., 2007 (--> Leiden University Repository)
ISBN 978-90-04-17202-9 / 90-04-17202-5
EUR 77,00 / US$ 123,00

Beschreibung
The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Acknowledgements. xiii
Abbreviations. xvi
Glossary. xvii
Notes on weights and currency. xxi
Maps. xxii
Introduction. 1
1. State and Political Power. 9
2. Market Economy, Labour, and Wages. 23
3. Asian Merchants of Gujarat and Indian Ocean Trade. 51
4. Gujarat in Asian and Euro—Asian Trade: The Dutch East India Company. 85
5. The Gujarat Economy: Potentiality and Performance. 129
Conclusion. 151
Notes. 157
Appendices
   1. Farming of the English share of the customs revenue of Bhavanagar and Mowah. 197
   2. Labour wages at Surat. 198
   3. The family tree of three merchants of Surat. 202
   4. Annual values of the VOC's imports, sales, and profits at Surat, 1711-1793. 204
   5. Annual imports and sales of cloves and nutmeg by the VOC at Surat, 1702-1791. 207
   6. Annual imports and sales of pepper by the VOC at Surat, 1702-1792. 210
   7. Annual imports and sales of copper by the VOC at Surat, 1702-1791. 213
   8. Annual imports and sales of sugar by the VOC at Surat, 1702-1792. 216
   9. Purchase and sale prices, 1707-1792. 219
   10. Annual values of the VOC's exports from Surat, 1751—1792. 221
   11. Five-yearly average annual values of the VOC's exports from Surat, 1672-1792. 222
   12. Average cotton prices at Surat. 223
Bibliography. 225
Index. 237

Autor
G. A. NADRI (1972) obtained his MA in History (1993) and M Phil. (1996) from Aligarh Muslim University and his PhD (2007) from Leiden University. He is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, Atlanta. His main interests are the socio-economic history of early modern Gujarat/South Asia and the maritime trade of the Indian Ocean. Profile page.

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