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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

The Third World

Anup Mukherjee — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:10:42 +0000

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 . . . → Read More: The Third World

Nation and Nationalism (2)

Anup Mukherjee — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:20:00 +0000

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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 a remarkable continuity of . . . → Read More: Nation and Nationalism (2)

Nation and Nationalism (1)

Anup Mukherjee — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:15:27 +0000

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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 ways it can be . . . → Read More: Nation and Nationalism (1)

Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World

Anup Mukherjee — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 03:49:05 +0000

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. – Anup Mukherjee

ABSTRACT . . . → Read More: Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World