Politics and Trade in the Indian Ocean World Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta

by Mukherjee, Rudrangshu; Subramanian, Lakshmi

• ISBN13: 9780195664553
• ISBN10: 0195664558
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

These essays analyze the relationship between trade and empire, between the Indian Ocean and its ports, and between merchants and markets in the eighteenth century.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition	vii
Notes on Contributors	ix
1 Introduction	1	(5)
2 Ashin Das Gupta: Some Memories and Reflections	6	(13)
RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE
3 The Hinterland and the Coast: The Pattern of Interaction in Coromandel in the Late Eighteenth Century	19	(33)
BHASWATI BHATTACHARYA
4 Power and the Weave: Weavers, Merchants and Rulers in Eighteenth-Century Surat	52	(31)
LAKSHMI SUBRAMANIAN
5 A Wedding Feast or Political Arena?: Commercial Rivalry between the Ali Rajas and the English Factory in Northern Malabar in the Eighteenth Century	83	(30)
RUCHIRA BANERJEE
6 Exploring the Hinterland: Trade and Politics in the Arcot Nizamat (1700-1732)	113	(52)
MUZAFFAR ALAM AND SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM
7 European Corporate Enterprises and the Politics of Trade in India, 1600-1800	165	(18)
OM PRAKASH
8 Trade and Traders in the Bay of Bengal: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries	183	(27)
KENNETH MCPHERSON
9 The Eastward Trade of India in the Eighteenth Century	210	(17)
S. ARASARATNAM
10 Indians in East Africa: The Early Modern Period	227	(23)
M.N. PEARSON
11 Edmund Burke and India: The Vicissitudes of a Reputation	250	(20)
P.J. MARSHALL
Bibliography of the Works of Ashin Das Gupta: A Note by Uma Das Gupta	270	(5)
Index	275