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India's International Economy in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Survey1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

K. N. Chaudhuri
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This paper stems from a dissatisfaction with the present state of historical writings on India's international economy in the nineteenth century. While the task of reducing the mass of literature available on the subject to a coherent and meaningful survey is a difficult and perhaps not a very fruitful exercise, it is rather easier to understand why such writings on Indian economic history in general and trade history in particular have remained confused and often internally contradictory.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 31 - 50
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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