[PDF] Money Use In Late Pre Colonial India And The International Trade In Currency Media eBook

Author : Anirban Biswas
Publisher : Aakar Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Money
ISBN : 9788189833206

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This Book Is A Study Of The Pre-Colonial And Transitional Phase Of India'S Monetary And Commerical History, With Special Reference To Bengal, And Brings Into Focus The Changes That Were Brought About By The Colonial Rule. It Emphasises That There Were Considerable Elements Of Conflict In The Process Of Transition, The Author Argues, Is The Disappearance Of The Humble Currency Media And The Eclipse Of The Autonomy Of The Rural Economy, Reasons For Which Need To Be Carefully Examined.

Author : John F. Haldon
Publisher : Verso
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780860916611

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In this groundbreaking critique of both traditional and Marxist notions of feudalism and of the pre-capitalist state, John Haldon considers the configuration of state and social relations in medieval Europe and Mughal India as well as in Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire. He argues that a Marxist reading of the pre-capitalist state can take account of the autonomy of power relations and avoid economic reductionism while still focusing on the forms of tribute which sustained the ruling power. Haldon explores the conflicts to which these gave rise and shows the Ottoman state elite, often held to be a clear example of independence from underlying social relations, to be deeply enmeshed in economic relationships and the extraction of tribute. Haldon argues that feudalism was the specifically European form of a much more widely diffused tributary mode, whose characteristic social relations and structural constraints can be seen at work in the Byzantine, Ottoman and Mughal empires as well. While acknowledging the range of ideological and cultural variation within and between these examples of the tributary mode, Haldon denies the thesis that such “superstructural” variations themselves yielded fundamentally contrasting social relations.

Author : Rudi Matthee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0857733532

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The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array of previously unpublished sources in ten languages, the authors consider the specific monetary conditions in Iran's modern history, covering the use of ready money and its circulation, the changing conditions of the country's mints and the role of the state in managing money. Throughout the book, the authors also consider the larger regional and global economic context within which the Iranian economy operated. As the first study of Iran's monetary history, this book will be essential reading for researchers of Iranian and economic history.

Author : C.A. Gregory
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135299412

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This volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy.

Author : Jan Hogendorn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521541107

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A study of the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade.

Author : Bin Yang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429952333

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Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time. Yang provides a global examination of cowrie money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period to the early twentieth century. By focusing on cowrie money in Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian and West African societies and shell money in Pacific and North American societies, Yang synthsises and illustrates the economic and cultural connections, networks and interactions over a longue durée and in a cross-regional context. Analysing locally varied experiences of cowrie money from a global perspective, Yang argued that cowrie money was the first global money that shaped Afro-Eurasian societies both individually and collectively. He proposes a paradigm of the cowrie money world that engages local, regional, transregional and global themes.

Author : Ghulam A. Nadri
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004172025

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The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline.

Author : Sevket Pamuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521441971

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An important book on the monetary history of the Ottoman empire by a leading economic historian.