Indian Economy 1858-1914

Volume 28 of the People’s History of India, the various sub-chapters of Indian Economy 1858-1914 deal with population, gross product and prices; tribute, the imperialism of Free Trade, and the construction of railways; peasant agriculture, plantations, commercialization of agriculture and its impact on rents, peasant incomes and agricultural wages; and rural de-industrialization, modern industries, tariff and exchange policies; banking and finance; and the fiscal system, tax-burden and the rise of economic nationalism.

There are extracts from contemporary comments and reports; technical notes on such matters as computing national income, counterfactual analysis, etc. Short bibliographies are provided, accompanying each of the five chapters.