Overview
- Describes the relationship that emerged between the economic environment created by the Mughal Empire and traditional flexible manufacturing (TFM)
- Presents the entire process of transformation of TFM into modern manufacturing, as it occurred in Britain
- Shows how the British Industrial Revolution conditioned the growth of manufacturing in other countries, especially British colonies
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route pioneered by Vasco-da-Gamma in 1498 and the other was the dawn of the Mughal Empire in 1526. The book explores how these two events provided the appropriate stimulus for the emergence of traditional flexible manufacturing in India and how they played a vital role in the pattern of growth of the Indian manufacturing: The Mughal Empire created an integrated economy of continental size whereas European trading companies expanded the commercial connectivity of the Indian economy and South East Asia. It further investigates how the circumstances created by the colonial administration, factor endowment and market conditions created the complex forms of manufacturing enterprises that India inherited at the time of independence. It is a valuable resource for students of history, economic history, business history and the history of technology.
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Book Title: The Story of Indian Manufacturing
Book Subtitle: Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
Authors: Vijay K. Seth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5574-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5573-7Published: 19 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5431-1Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5574-4Published: 29 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 309
Topics: Asian Business, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Trade, History of Technology, Economic History, Corporate Governance