Archive for the ‘Merchat Account’ Category.
December 22, 2010, 12:20 am
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In a challenge to the widespread belief that poverty and poor living standards have been characteristic of India for centuries, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. It was with the rise of colonial rule, the author maintains, that the decline in their economic fortunes was initiated. This is a powerful revisionist statement o… More >>
The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
December 21, 2010, 12:24 am
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In a challenge to the widespread belief that poverty and poor living standards have been characteristic of India for centuries, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, laboring groups in South India were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. It was with the rise of colonial rule, the author maintains, that the decline in their economic fortunes was initiated. This is a powerful revisionist statement o… More >>
The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
December 21, 2010, 12:21 am
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PRAISE FOR HARLOW Giles UNGER’S NOAH WEBSTER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN PATRIOT “Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man; shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans.”–Washington Times “Superb biography. . . . Don’t miss this stirring book.” –Florence King, The American Spectator … More >>
John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot
December 21, 2010, 12:21 am
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Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern worldIt was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. They managed their territories as business interests, treating their subjects as employees, customers, or competitors. The leaders of these trading enter… More >>
Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900
