{"product_id":"the-licence-raj-amar-maini-9780646817897","title":"The Licence Raj","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Licence Raj\u003c\/i\u003e remembers India's tryst with socialism in the years after Independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dream of a new Indian economy was, even by 1947, an old one. Students of Elphinstone College, Bombay had written the first critiques of the British Raj a century earlier. A professor of mathematics, Dadabhai Naoroji then told the world of the drain of India's wealth under British rule. The judge, Mahadev Ranade wanted to create an Indian approach to the study of economics. The civil servant, Romesh Dutt was a patron of the swadeshi movement, which worked to make in India again. After the First World War, Mohandas Gandhi sought to revive long forgotten village industries. And on the eve of the Second World War, a young Jayaprakash Narayan tried to convince his fellow Congressmen of the merits of socialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJawaharlal Nehru was also a socialist and when he became prime minister set about remaking India according to a \"socialistic pattern of society\". He was assisted by an old acquaintance from Calcutta, the scientist Prasanta Mahalanobis. They would soon have some unexpected advisers however. Just as the British departed, the Americans arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amar Maini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0646817892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780646817897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viksith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.43d","brand":"Amar Maini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153080561919,"sku":"9780646817897","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc5bf95d-075d-44b1-9ec6-44cfa3f61e92.jpg?v=1770781151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-licence-raj-amar-maini-9780646817897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}