{"product_id":"rethinking-economic-change-in-india-tirthankar-roy-9780415349895","title":"Rethinking Economic Change in India: Labour and Livelihood","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs author of the hugely influential \u003cem\u003eThe Economic History of India\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e1857-1947\u003c\/em\u003e, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leading contemporary economic historian of India. Here, Roy turns his attention to labour and livelihood and the nature of economic change in the Subcontinent. This book covers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eeconomic history of modern India \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erural labour \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003elabour-intensive industrialization \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen and industrialization.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the prevailing wisdom on Indian economic growth - that it is bound up with Marxian, postcolonial class analysis - Roy formulates a new view. Commercialization, surplus labour and uncertainty are seen as equally important and the end result reconciles the increasingly opposed view of economists and historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tirthankar Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415349893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415349895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 1873","brand":"Tirthankar Roy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136075935999,"sku":"9780415349895","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10cd21a5-1543-475b-a9cb-7390ceaf0261.jpg?v=1770160349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-economic-change-in-india-tirthankar-roy-9780415349895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}