[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 [...]
Market Practices
This might sound a simple and small thing, but is quite symptomatic on how a free market mechanism punishes the bad trader, and at the same time how a a cartelised market is a bad place to shop. A week back I had gone to the vegetable market, and at one shop there was good [...]
Surat
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Surat © Anup Mukherjee Surat is situated on the Western Coast of Gujarat, on the left bank of river Tapti, on the Gulf of Cambay (Khambhat). It has been a very important centre of [...]
Calicut
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Calicut (Kozhikode) © Anup Mukherjee Calicut is situated on the on the Malabar Coast of the Kerala province in India. It is connected to hinterland through the Palghat gap. The place is famous for [...]
Patent
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Patent © Anup Mukherjee The word ‘Patent’ is derived from the Latin word patere, which means to be open or public. Patent is a form of intellectual property right (IPR). The intellectual property can [...]
Indian Ocean Trade
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Indian Ocean Trade © Anup Mukherjee The Indian Ocean trade network spans from east coast of Africa through Middle East to western and eastern India and then on through Burma to the different islands [...]
