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100	1		_aYazdani, Kaveh.
245	1	0	_aIndia, Modernity and the Great Divergence : _bMysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C. ).
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (701 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLibrary of Economic History Series ; _vv.8
505	0		_aIntro -- India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Problem of Quotation and Transliteration -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 0.1) Preliminary Remarks -- 0.2) Purpose of Study -- 0.3) Unprinted Primary Sources -- 0.4) Orientalism -- 0.5) Eurocentrism -- 0.6) Methodology -- 0.7) Modes of Production -- 0.8) Modernity -- 0.9) 'Simultaneity of the Non-Simultaneous' -- 0.10) Modernity as a Historical Process and the Problem of Periodization -- 0.11) Prospect -- 1 The Transitional State of India's History of Ideas, Science, Technology and Culture in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- 1.1) Introduction -- 1.2) Critical Thinking and Indo-Persian Curiosity vis-à-vis Europe -- 1.3) Late 18th Century Indo-Persian Preoccupation with the British Political System -- 1.4) Technology -- 1.5) Documents and Manuscripts -- 1.6) Science and Learning -- 1.7) Printing -- 1.8) Art, Culture and the Emergence of a 'Public Sphere' -- 1.9) King Serfoji II -- 1.10) Conclusion -- 2 Mysore -- 2.1) Preliminary Remarks -- 2.2) Economy -- 2.2.1) Introduction -- 2.2.2) Agriculture and Agrarian Social Relations -- 2.2.3) Living Conditions -- 2.2.4) Commerce and Mercantilism -- 2.2.5) Manufacture and Technology -- 2.2.6) Property Rights -- 2.3) Administration -- 2.3.1) Introduction -- 2.3.2) Tipu's Administration -- 2.3.3) Revenues -- 2.3.4) Conclusion -- 2.4) Mobility, Transport and Infrastructure -- 2.4.1) Conclusion -- 2.5) Military Establishment -- 2.5.1) Introduction -- 2.5.2) Cavalry -- 2.5.3) Infantry and Artillery -- 2.5.4) Rocket Technology -- 2.5.5) Fortification -- 2.5.6) Marine -- 2.5.7) Conclusion -- 2.6) Education -- 2.6.1) Conclusion -- 2.7) Foreign Relations and Semi-Modernization -- 2.7.1) Introduction.
505	8		_a2.7.2) Missions to France and the Ottoman Empire -- 2.7.3) Afghanistan, Persia and the Conspiracies of European Powers -- 2.7.4) Conclusion -- 2.8) Political Structure - towards the Establishment of an Islamic Theocracy -- 2.8.1) Conclusion -- 2.9) Resistance and the British Invasion -- 2.9.1) Conclusion -- 2.10) General Conclusion -- 3 Gujarat -- 3.1) Preliminary Remarks -- 3.2) Economy -- 3.2.1) Introduction -- 3.2.2) Agriculture -- 3.2.3) Food, Housing, Consumption and Natural Calamities -- 3.2.4) Powerful Merchants and Commerce during the 17th and 18th Centuries -- 3.2.5) Manufacture and Technology -- 3.3) Mobility, Transport and Infrastructure -- 3.3.1) Conclusion -- 3.4) The State, Property Rights and Commercial Rules and Regulations -- 3.4.1) Conclusion -- 3.5) Legal Practice - Civil and Criminal Penalties, Rules and Regulations -- 3.5.1) Conclusion -- 3.6) The Status of Women -- 3.6.1) Conclusion -- 3.7) The Impact of Caste and Religion -- 3.7.1) Conclusion -- 3.8) Education -- 3.8.1) Conclusion -- 3.9) Political Structure -- 3.9.1) General Structures of Power -- 3.9.2) Decentralization and the Difficulties of the Company's Consolidation of Power -- 3.9.3) Independent Chieftains, Predation, Naval Warfare and Piracy -- 3.10) Early Impact of British Rule -- 3.10.1) Conclusion -- 3.11) General Conclusion -- 4 Epilogue - Transition from Middle to Late Modernity -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects.
520			_aThis book examines the reasons behind the Great Divergence. Kaveh Yazdani analyzes India's socio-economic, techno-scientific, military, political and institutional developments. The focus is on Gujarat between the 17th and early 19th centuries and Mysore during the second half of the 18th century.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSocial change-India-History.
650		0	_aEconomic development-India-History.
650		0	_aKarnataka (India)-Civilization.
650		0	_aGujarat (India)-Civilization.
650		0	_aIndia-Civilization-European influences.
650		0	_aIndia-Civilization-1200-1765.
650		0	_aIndia-Civilization-1765-1947.
650		0	_aIndia-Relations-Europe.
650		0	_aEurope-Relations-India.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aYazdani, Kaveh _tIndia, Modernity and the Great Divergence _dBoston : BRILL,c2017 _z9789004330788
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aLibrary of Economic History Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4790432 _zClick to View
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