A detailed study of the local effects of the British Raj's irrigation schemes.

This book looks at agriculture, development, poverty and British rule in India, especially in the Patna Division in Bihar between c.1870–1920. It traces the e

Volume 2 of The Cambridge Economic History of India covers the period 1757-1970, from the establishment of British rule to its termination, with epilogues on th

A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years.