Commerce, Political Economy and Ecology in Northeast India - Assam, C. 18261905

This book studies the commercial activities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in and around Assam.

List of contents

Introduction: Conceptualising commerce, markets and merchants: The pre-colonial and the colonial
1 Capital in an age of monarchy: Trade in pre-colonial Assam
2 The political economy of early colonial Assam c. 1820-30
3 Ecology, riverine trade and transportation in the nineteenth century
4 The peripheral market: Expansion of bazaars in Assam c. 1826-1905
5 The traders of the empire: Mercantile communities in the nineteenth-century Assam
Epilogue

About the author

Nabanita Sharma has a Ph.D. in history from Delhi University, India. She taught history at Satyawati College (Evening), Delhi University, from 2019 to 2023.

Summary

This book studies the commercial activities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in and around Assam.

Product details

• Authors: Nabanita Sharma, Nabanita (University of Delhi Sharma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032446547
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244654-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social & cultural history, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Indian sub-continent, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, commerce;ecology;economy