Tale Of Four Indian Cities: Consequences of British Empire on Native Centres of Prosperity, 1st Edition

.Tale of Four Indian Cities presents a vivid picture of how the British political regime reorganized the structure of the Indian economy to suit its own objectives. While doing so, the regime also affected the geographical distribution of economic activities. This resulted in the decline of native cities and the increased prosperity of colonial cities. To reveal how British colonial power brought about such changes in the Indian subcontinents, the book narrates the account of two pairs of native and colonial cities – Dacca and Calcutta from the Indian Eastern coast, and Surat and Bombay from the Western coast. These were major centres of manufacturing, shared a common history and experienced the consequences of three different political dispensations – the Mughal Empire, the East India Company and the British Raj. Accessibly written, the volume will be of great interest to students, scholars and researchers of Indian colonial business and economic history. It will also be of interest to the general reader.Tale Of Four Indian Cities: Consequences of British Empire on Native Centres of Prosperity 1st Edition is written by Vijay K. Seth and published by Routledge India. ISBNs for Tale Of Four Indian Cities are 9781040155059, 1040155057 and the print ISBNs are 9781032816807, 1032816805. Additional ISBNs include 9781040155004, 9781003534631, 9781041034650.