Trade and politics on the Coromandel Coast :seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi Primus 2012Description: 137p. mapISBN: 9789380607252Subject(s): India--Coromandel Coast Politics and government CommerceDDC classification: 382.095482 Summary: This work is a study of the connections between trade and politics in the Coromandel Coast in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with special focus on Madras. It questions the largely uncontested view that trade and traders in pre-modern India were disconnected from the world of politics and the state, arguing instead that south Indian merchants depended on, and functioned within the structures and the stability provided by the state. Trade and Politics on the Coromandel Coast: Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries addresses the breakdown of the political structures within which the merchants operated, and the impact of the arrival of the Europeans, especially the English. In so doing, it explores the transitional nature of the seventeenth century and the ways in which the European trading companies, Indian states, and merchants interacted with each other. Situated within the larger historical context of the trading world of the Coromandel Coast, this regional history challenges accepted notions about the place of merchants and the state, and through a detailed economic history, sheds new light on the political and transitional nature of the period.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 382.095482 RAD/T (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 51964 |
Browsing Kannur University Central Library shelves, Shelving location: Stack Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
No cover image available No cover image available | ||||||||
382.09540515 ARP/B Born in sin: The Panchasheel Agreement: The Sacrifice of Tibet | 382.09540903 JAG/I India and the silk roads : the history of a trading world | 382.09548 PIU/M Maritime Malabar : | 382.095482 RAD/T Trade and politics on the Coromandel Coast :seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries | 382.30 954 India's liberalisation experience :Hostage to the WTO? | 382.3 STE/G Globalization and international trade policies | 382.309 54 IND India's liberalisation experience:hostage to the WTO? |
This work is a study of the connections between trade and politics in the Coromandel Coast in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with special focus on Madras. It questions the largely uncontested view that trade and traders in pre-modern India were disconnected from the world of politics and the state, arguing instead that south Indian merchants depended on, and functioned within the structures and the stability provided by the state. Trade and Politics on the Coromandel Coast: Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries addresses the breakdown of the political structures within which the merchants operated, and the impact of the arrival of the Europeans, especially the English. In so doing, it explores the transitional nature of the seventeenth century and the ways in which the European trading companies, Indian states, and merchants interacted with each other. Situated within the larger historical context of the trading world of the Coromandel Coast, this regional history challenges accepted notions about the place of merchants and the state, and through a detailed economic history, sheds new light on the political and transitional nature of the period.
There are no comments on this title.