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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:30:19 +0000

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA]

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Imperial Issues & Economic Consequences:

Britain in India was the significant central power. It was . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:24:36 +0000

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A major critique of the drain by the Nationalists was built around the issue . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:03:35 +0000

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Another important aspect of the economic exploitation was the process of deindustrialisation. Certain western . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)

Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)

Anup Mukherjee — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:00:48 +0000

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The Drain of Wealth Theory:

The Drain of Wealth theory is a set of . . . → Read More: Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)

Literature, Nationhood and Imperialism

Anup Mukherjee — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:04:19 +0000

To deny the concept of nationhood that stood in binary opposition to the enterprise of imperialism is basically to deny imperialism and to see the whole imperial enterprise as a foreign rule. When we do a social-history study of colonialism as regards India, we must have some basic factual understanding.

Often in interdisciplinary studies, scholars tend to . . . → Read More: Literature, Nationhood and Imperialism

Critiquing Imperialism

Anup Mukherjee — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:27:16 +0000

[The Essay titled Empire: An Artful Statecraft was written in response to Niall Ferguson's article in the April 2003 Issue of Historically Speaking. Only an edited part of the essay was published as letter to the editor in the September 2003 issue of Historically Speaking. It is also available in electronic format . . . → Read More: Critiquing Imperialism