[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] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Imperial Issues & Economic Consequences: Britain in India was the [...]
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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)
[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] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 A major critique of the drain by the Nationalists was [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)
[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] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Another important aspect of the economic exploitation was the process [...]
Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)
[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] © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The Drain of Wealth Theory: The Drain of Wealth theory [...]
Literature, Nationhood and Imperialism
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 [...]
The Third World
The term Third World was first used by the French economist and demographer Alfred Sauvy in an article published in 1952. He used this term (Tiers Monde) as a parallel to Third Estate (Tiers Etat). As an observer points out, “Sauvy’s term carries not only the connotation of exclusion from power but also, especially from [...]
Nation and Nationalism (2)
Nation and Nationalism (South Asian Perspective) © Anup Mukherjee i3pep.org Part 1 Part 2 (this page) Indian History from sixth century BC (Post Vedic period) to early modern period should be seen as a continuous tussel between the central authority and the local forces. Interestingly, one would find that at local levels, there was generally [...]
Nation and Nationalism (1)
Nation and Nationalism (South Asian Perspective) © Anup Mukherjee i3pep.org Part 1 (this page) Part 2 The concept of ‘Nation’ for South Asia is an interesting concept to explore. In the Indian Subcontinent, the concept of Bharatvarsha (land of the Bharata, the legendary ruler) had existed at a theoretical level since long time. In some [...]
Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World
Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World © Anup Mukherjee (June, 2003) This essay was part of World History Association (WHA) Conference at Atlanta (June 2003). Detailed commentary by Prof. Marc Jason Gilbert, the Panel Chairperson of Gandhi and World History Panel of the WHA Conferance can be found on HNN website and H-Asia website. – [...]
