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South Asia

In: An Economist’s Guide to Economic History

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  • Tirthankar Roy

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

This chapter outlines two competing ways of studying the economic history of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. One of these starts from the premise that this is a geographically diverse landmass, home to an unequal and hierarchical society, ethnically very mixed, and an area that was never politically integrated until the late nineteenth century. The other says that no matter the diversity, scholars can still find an average to represent the whole region. The discussion concludes with advice on how not to study this world region.

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  • Tirthankar Roy, 2018. "South Asia," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Matthias Blum & Christopher L. Colvin (ed.), An Economist’s Guide to Economic History, chapter 34, pages 293-299, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-319-96568-0_34
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_34
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    JEL classification:

    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • N95 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Asia including Middle East

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