The political economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930 : : a global perspective / / by Ghulam A. Nadri.

• Superior document: European Expansion and Indigenous Response, Volume 22
• VerfasserIn: Nadri, Ghulam A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: European expansion and indigenous response ; Volume 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In The Political Economy of Indigo in India, 1580-1930: A Global Perspective Ghulam A. Nadri explores the dynamics of the indigo industry and trade from a long-term perspective and examines the local and global forces that affected the potentialities of production in India and elsewhere and caused p...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• The Making of Indigo: Cultivation and Manufacture
• From Manufactory to Market: Logistics and Commerce
• The Indigo Trade: Local and Global Demand
• The Making of the World Market: Indigo Commodity Chains
• The Political Economy of Indigo: States, Merchants, and Producers
• Conclusions
• Annual Volumes (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of the voc’s Indigo Exports from Surat, 1619–1742
• Quantities and Values of Annual Indigo Sales by the voc, 1642–1765
• Indigo Sale Prices (stivers/pound) in Amsterdam, 1695–1760
• Quantities (in lb.) of Indigo Exported by the eic from Surat/Bombay, 1615–1729
• Values (in rupees) of Annual Indigo Exports from India, 1795/96–1933/34
• Quantities (in Dutch pounds) and Values (in guilders) of voc’s Exports of Java Indigo to the Dutch Republic, 1704–1781
• Values (in guilder) and Volumes (in kilogram) of Indigo Exports from Java, 1824–1873
• Indigo Prices (rupees per man and stivers per Dutch pound) in India, 1609–1757
• Indigo Prices in Calcutta (rupees/factory man) and London (pence/lb.), 1843–1921
• Bibliography
• Index.