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1、AnanalysisoftheprocessofeconomicchangeinmodernIndiaiscentraltoanunderstandingofthecountry'shistoryoverthelasthundredyears.Numerousspecialiststudiesexistonsomepartofthisprocess-onagriculturaldevelopmentinapeasantsociety,theimperialimpactoncolonialincome,industrialisationandbusinesshistor
2、y,theimplementationofstateplanningafter1947,andthecomingofthe'greenrevolution'toSouthAsia.InthisvolumeinTheNewCambridgeHistoryofIndiaDrTomlinsondrawstogetherandexpandsuponthedisparateliteraturetoprovideacomprehensiveaccountoftheeconomichistoryofcolonialandpost-colonialIndia.Heexaminesth
3、edebatesoverimperialism,development,andunderdevelopment,andsetstheminthecontextofhistoricalchangeinagriculture,tradeandmanufacture,andtherelationsbetweenbusiness,theeconomyandthestate.Whatemergesisapictureofaneconomyinwhichsomeoutputgrowthandtechnicalchangeoccurredbothbeforeandafter1947
4、,butinwhichabroadlybasedprocessofdevelopmenthasbeenconstrainedbystructuralandmarketimperfections,themanipulationofsocialandpoliticalpowertodistortaccesstoeconomicopportunityandreward,shortagesofessentialresources,includingforeignexchange,andinappropriateanddebilitatinggovernmentpolicies
5、.Dr.TomlinsonarguesthatIndiahasthushadanunderdevelopedeconomy,withweakmarketstructuresandunderdevelopedinstitutions,whichhasinturnprofoundlyinfluencedthesocial,politicalandecologicalhistoryofSouthAsia.TheEconomyofModernIndia,1860-1970offersaconciseandcoherentaccountofthecharacteristicsa
6、ndperformanceofthemodernIndianeconomyandwillbewidelyreadbystudentsandspecialistsofSouthAsianstudies,developmenteconomicsandeconomichistory.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THENEWCAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFINDIATheEconomyo
7、fModernIndia,1860-19/0CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THENEWCAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFINDIAGeneraleditorGORDONJOHNSONPresidentofWolfsonCollege,andDirector,CentreofSouthAsianStudies,UniversityofCambridgeAssociateeditorsC.A.BAYLYVereHarmsworthProfessorofImperialandN