India, modernity and the great divergence : Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th c.) / by Kaveh Yazdani.

By: Yazdani, Kaveh [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of economic history ; volume 8.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (701 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004330795 (e-book)Subject(s): Social change -- India -- History | Economic development -- India -- History | Karnataka (India) -- Civilization | Gujarat (India) -- Civilization | India -- Civilization -- European influences | India -- Civilization -- 1200-1765 | India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947 | India -- Relations -- Europe | Europe -- Relations -- IndiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: India, modernity and the great divergence : Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th c.).DDC classification: 954/.7502 LOC classification: DS485.M9 | Y39 2017Online resources: Click to View
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The transitional state of India's history of ideas, science, technology and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries -- Mysore -- Gujarat -- Epilogue: Transition from middle to late modernity -- Appendix.
Scope and content: "India, Modernity and the Great Divergence is an original and pioneering book about India's transition towards modernity and the rise of the West. The work examines global entanglements alongside the internal dynamics of 17th to 19th century Mysore and Gujarat in comparison to other regions of Afro-Eurasia. It is an interdisciplinary survey that enriches our historical understanding of South Asia, ranging across the fascinating and intertwined worlds of modernizing rulers, wealthy merchants, curious scholars, utopian poets, industrious peasants, and skilled artisans. Bringing together socio-economic structures, warfare, techno-scientific innovations, knowledge production and transfer of ideas, this book forces us to rethink the reasons behind the emergence of the modern world"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The transitional state of India's history of ideas, science, technology and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries -- Mysore -- Gujarat -- Epilogue: Transition from middle to late modernity -- Appendix.

"India, Modernity and the Great Divergence is an original and pioneering book about India's transition towards modernity and the rise of the West. The work examines global entanglements alongside the internal dynamics of 17th to 19th century Mysore and Gujarat in comparison to other regions of Afro-Eurasia. It is an interdisciplinary survey that enriches our historical understanding of South Asia, ranging across the fascinating and intertwined worlds of modernizing rulers, wealthy merchants, curious scholars, utopian poets, industrious peasants, and skilled artisans. Bringing together socio-economic structures, warfare, techno-scientific innovations, knowledge production and transfer of ideas, this book forces us to rethink the reasons behind the emergence of the modern world"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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