{"product_id":"merchants-and-colonialism-amiya-bagchi-9780199486687","title":"Merchants and Colonialism","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMerchants and Colonialism\u003c\/strong\u003e is part of the Occasional Papers series circulated by the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata. Amiya Bagchi provides a historiographic account of the traditional role of merchants in pre colonial India and identifies how these roles were different from the role of the capitalist in post-colonial India. In general, the behaviour of merchants in precapitalist societies was, according to Bagchi, widely different from that of capitalists in developed capitalist societies. In developed capitalist societies, capitalists, generally with state support, played a very important part in modifying techniques of production and seeking ways of expanding their markets. By contrast, the pace of modification of techniques of production was slower in precapitalist societies and owners of capital did not play a significant role in such modification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amiya Bagchi, Rosinka Chaudhuri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199486689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199486687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Amiya Bagchi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054715891967,"sku":"9780199486687","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2aff8df0-becd-4e9e-8137-51179d520cfd.jpg?v=1685031572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/merchants-and-colonialism-amiya-bagchi-9780199486687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}