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Working Papers

2025

1. Editors' note
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2024

2. Will climate change disrupt tropical development? Lessons from economic history
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2023

3. India is broken: a people betrayed, independence to today by Ashoka Mody, Standford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2023, xii + 511 pp
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today by Ashoka Mody, Standford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2023, xii + 511 pp, The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies (2023) (2023)

2022

4. The development of the arid tropics: lessons for economic history
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article The development of the arid tropics: Lessons for economic history, Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) (2023)
5. The great retreat: pastoralism in the arid tropics
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2021

6. Useful & reliable: technological transformation in colonial India
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
7. Water, climate, and economy in India from 1880 to the present
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
8. Why geography matters to the economic history of India
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Why geography matters to the economic history of India, Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2020

9. Reading the economic history of Afghanistan
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2019

10. Climate and the Economy in India, 1850-2000
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019)
11. State capacity and the economic history of colonial India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article State Capacity and the Economic History of Colonial India, Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2018

12. Inequality in colonial India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
13. Reassessing FERA: examining British firms’ strategic responses to ‘Indianisation’
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article Reassessing FERA: Examining British firms’ strategic responses to ‘Indianisation’, Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals (2021) (2021)

2016

14. The monsoon and the market for money in late-colonial India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Monsoon and the Market for Money in Late-colonial India, Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press (2016) (2016)

2014

15. Geography or politics? Regional inequality in colonial India
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Geography or politics? Regional inequality in colonial India, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
16. Technology in Colonial India: Three Discourses
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)

2011

17. Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    See also Journal Article CONSUMPTION OF COTTON CLOTH IN INDIA, 1795–1940, Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (2012) View citations (3) (2012)
18. Rethinking the origins of British India: state formation and military-fiscal undertakings in an 18th-century world region
    Working Papers, Economic History Society

2010

19. Rethinking the origins of British India: state formation and military-fiscal undertakings in an eighteenth century world region
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2009

20. Book Review: Handicraft History in India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
21. Did globalisation aid industrial development in colonial India? A study of knowledge transfer in the iron industry
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009)
    See also Journal Article Did globalisation aid industrial development in colonial India? A study of knowledge transfer in the iron industry, The Indian Economic & Social History Review (2009) (2009)
22. Economic Conditions in Early Modern Bengal: A Contribution to the Divergence Debate
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    See also Journal Article Economic Conditions in Early Modern Bengal: A Contribution to the Divergence Debate, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2010) View citations (17) (2010)

1998

23. Economic Reforms and the Textile Industry in India
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research- View citations (3)

1996

24. Market-resurgence, deregulation, and industrial response: Indian cotton textiles in the 1990s
    ISS Working Papers - General Series, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague View citations (1)

1993

25. A Flow of Funds Model for India and Its Implications
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
    See also Journal Article A flow of funds model for India and its implications, Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier (1996) View citations (6) (1996)

1992

26. Growth, Distribution and Demand for Textiles in India
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
27. Price Movements in Early Twentieth Century in India
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
    See also Journal Article Price movements in early twentieth-century India, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (1995) View citations (1) (1995)

1991

28. Changes in Saving-Rate and its Implications for Growth
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research- View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Book review: A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire
   The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2025, 62, (2), 274-277
2. County-scale flood risk assessment of properties and associated population in the United States
   Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2025, 121, (3), 2641-2664
3. Development policy and legal persistence: Evidence from India
   Rivista di storia economica, 2025, (1), 95-116
4. Editors’ Note
   Rivista di storia economica, 2025, (1), 3-6

2024

5. A Machine Learning-Based Probabilistic Approach for Irrigation Scheduling
   Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2024, 38, (5), 1639-1653
   Also in Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2024, 38, (14), 5807-5807 (2024) View citations (1)
6. Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India. By Sudev Sheth. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 353 pp. Digital Copy $39.99. ISBN: 978-1-00-933021-3
   Business History Review, 2024, 98, (4), 975-977
7. Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar, ed., History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine in India
   The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2024, 61, (3), 423-425

2023

8. Book review: Santosh Kumar Rai, Weaving Hierarchies: Handloom Weavers in Early Twentieth Century United Provinces
   The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2023, 60, (3), 373-375
9. India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today by Ashoka Mody, Standford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2023, xii + 511 pp
   The Developing Economies, 2023, 61, (4), 345-347
   See also Working Paper India is broken: a people betrayed, independence to today by Ashoka Mody, Standford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2023, xii + 511 pp, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)
10. The development of the arid tropics: Lessons for economic history
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2023, 38, (2), 151-172
    See also Working Paper The development of the arid tropics: lessons for economic history, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) (2022)

2022

11. Book review: Peter Robb, Ideas Matter: Debating the Impact of British Rule on India
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2022, 59, (3), 408-411
12. Introduction to the symposium on economic history and India
    Economic History Review, 2022, 75, (2), 371-373
13. Mircea Raianu, Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism Boston Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. Pp. 291. Hardcover £31.95. ISBN 9780674984516
    Economic History Review, 2022, 75, (3), 982-984

2021

14. Capitalism, Inequality and Labour in India
    Journal of Development Studies, 2021, 57, (9), 1572-1573
15. Lost Glory: India's Capitalism Story. By Sumit K. Majumdar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xx + 308 pp. Appendices. Hardcover, $44.95. ISBN: 978-0-1996-4199-4
    Business History Review, 2021, 95, (3), 599-601
16. Reassessing FERA: Examining British firms’ strategic responses to ‘Indianisation’
    Business History, 2021, 63, (1), 18-37
    See also Working Paper Reassessing FERA: examining British firms’ strategic responses to ‘Indianisation’, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) (2018)
17. Why geography matters to the economic history of India
    Australian Economic History Review, 2021, 61, (3), 273-289 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Why geography matters to the economic history of India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)

2019

18. Book review: Gagan D. S. Sood, India and the Islamic Heartlands: An Eighteenth-century World of Circulation and Exchange
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2019, 56, (4), 515-517
19. Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India. ByLilly Irani. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. xx + 277 pp. Illustrations, photographs, references, notes, index. Cloth, $99.95; paper, $29.95. ISBN: cloth, 9780691175133; paper, 9780691175140
    Business History Review, 2019, 93, (4), 854-856
20. Migration: Change and Continuity
    Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2019, 31, (1), 1-4
21. Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden, The origins of globalization: world trade in the making of the global economy, 1500–1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xvi+338. 34 figs. 15 tabs. 9 maps. ISBN 9781108426992 Hbk. £64.99; ISBN 9781108447133 Pbk. £21.99)
    Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (4), 1521-1522
22. State Capacity and the Economic History of Colonial India
    Australian Economic History Review, 2019, 59, (1), 80-102 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper State capacity and the economic history of colonial India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2018

23. Book Review: Peter Sutoris, Visions of Development: Films Division of India and the Imagination of Progress, 1948–1975
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2018, 55, (3), 456-458
24. Book review: Amit Kumar Gupta, Crises and Creativities: Middle Class Bhadralok in Bengal c. 1939–52, Parimal Ghosh, What Happened to the Bhadralok and Tanika Sarkar and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, eds., Calcutta: The Stormy Decades
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2018, 55, (2), 302-306

2017

25. Bondage: labor and rights in Eurasia from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries By Alessandro Stanziani. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2014. Pp. x + 258. Hardback £75.00, ISBN 978-1-78238-250-8; paperback £22.00, ISBN 978-1-78533-035-3
    Journal of Global History, 2017, 12, (1), 157-159
26. Book Review: C.J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan, Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-class Caste
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2017, 54, (2), 290-292
27. Shireen Moosvi, The economy of the Mughal Empire c. 1595. A statistical study (2nd edn. New Delhi: Oxford University Press: 2015. Pp. xii + 476. ISBN 9780199450541 Pbk. £37.99)
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (1), 349-350
28. The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economies: A Comparative History of Their Search for Economic Renaissance and Globalization. By Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2017. xviii + 471 pp. Map, figures, tables, glossary, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $215.00 ISBN: 978-1-138-92988-3
    Business History Review, 2017, 91, (3), 598-601 View citations (1)
29. The Origins of Import Substituting Industrialization in India
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2017, 32, (1), 71-95 View citations (5)
30. Transfer of Economic Power in Corporate Calcutta, 1950–1970
    Business History Review, 2017, 91, (1), 3-29 View citations (2)

2016

31. Book Review: Richard B. Allen, European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2016, 53, (2), 285-287
32. Roman Studer. The Great Divergence Reconsidered. Europe, India, and the Rise to Global Economic Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xii + 231 pp. ISBN 9781107020542, $99.00 (cloth)
    Enterprise & Society, 2016, 17, (2), 439-441
33. THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA (1858-1947)*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2016, 34, (2), 209-236 View citations (1)
34. The Monsoon and the Market for Money in Late-colonial India
    Enterprise & Society, 2016, 17, (2), 324-357
    See also Working Paper The monsoon and the market for money in late-colonial India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2015

35. Book Review: NITIN SINHA, Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India: Bihar, 1760s–1880s
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2015, 52, (1), 114-115

2014

36. An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions. ByJean Drèze andAmartya Sen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. xiv + 434 pp. Maps, figures, tables, references, appendices, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-16079-5
    Business History Review, 2014, 88, (2), 406-409
37. B. R. Tomlinson, The economy of modern India from 1860 to the twenty-first century ( Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xviii + 250. 6 figs. 13 maps. 30 tabs. ISBN 9781107605473 Pbk. £19.99)
    Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (3), 882-883
38. Book Review: David Arnold, Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India’s Modernity
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2014, 51, (3), 392-394
39. Book Review: The Trading World of the Indian Ocean, 1500–1800
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2014, 51, (1), 140-142
40. Financing the Raj: the City of London and colonial India 1858-1940
    Business History, 2014, 56, (6), 1024-1026
41. Geography or politics? Regional inequality in colonial India
    European Review of Economic History, 2014, 18, (3), 324-348 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Geography or politics? Regional inequality in colonial India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (4) (2014)
42. The Rise and Fall of Indian Economic History 1920-2013
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2014, 29, (1), 15-41
43. Trading Firms in Colonial India
    Business History Review, 2014, 88, (1), 9-42 View citations (4)

2012

44. Beyond Divergence: Rethinking the Economic History of India
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (S1), S57-S65
45. Book Review: Deepak Kumar, Vinita Damodaran, and Rohan D’Souza, eds., The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia and Bhangya Bhukya, Subjugated Nomads: The Lambadas under the Rule of the Nizams
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2012, 49, (4), 598-601
46. Book Review: Workers of the World: Essays towards a Global Labour History
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2012, 49, (2), 286-290
47. CONSUMPTION OF COTTON CLOTH IN INDIA, 1795–1940
    Australian Economic History Review, 2012, 52, (1), 61-84 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940, CEPR Discussion Papers (2011) (2011)
48. Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850. By Prasannan Parthasrathi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii, 365. $90.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (3), 851-853

2011

49. Indigo and law in colonial India
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, 60-75 View citations (2)
    Also in Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (s1), 60-75 (2011) View citations (1)
50. Merchants, Traders, Entrepreneurs: Indian Business in the Colonial Era. ByClaude Markovits. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. x + 292 pp. Tables, notes, index. Cloth, $90.00. ISBN: 978-0-230-20598-7
    Business History Review, 2011, 85, (4), 825-828

2010

51. Economic Conditions in Early Modern Bengal: A Contribution to the Divergence Debate
    The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (1), 179-194 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Economic Conditions in Early Modern Bengal: A Contribution to the Divergence Debate, CEPR Discussion Papers (2009) (2009)
52. Stages of capital: law, culture and market governance in late colonial India – By Ritu Birla
    Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (1), 274-276
53. ‘THE LAW OF STORMS’: EUROPEAN AND INDIGENOUS RESPONSES TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN COLONIAL INDIA, c. 1800–1850
    Australian Economic History Review, 2010, 50, (1), 6-22

2009

54. Did globalisation aid industrial development in colonial India? A study of knowledge transfer in the iron industry
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2009, 46, (4), 579-613
    See also Working Paper Did globalisation aid industrial development in colonial India? A study of knowledge transfer in the iron industry, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2009) (2009)

2008

55. Knowledge and divergence from the perspective of early modern India*
    Journal of Global History, 2008, 3, (3), 361-387 View citations (5)
56. Relocating modern science: circulation and the construction of knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650–1900 By Kapil Raj. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xiv + 285. Hardback £50, ISBN 9780230507081
    Journal of Global History, 2008, 3, (1), 129-131
57. State, society and market in the aftermath of natural disasters in colonial India
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2008, 45, (2), 261-294 View citations (1)

2007

58. A delayed revolution: environment and agrarian change in India
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2007, 23, (2), 239-250 View citations (5)
59. GLOBALISATION, FACTOR PRICES, AND POVERTY IN COLONIAL INDIA
    Australian Economic History Review, 2007, 47, (1), 73-94 View citations (6)

2004

60. Flourishing branches, wilting core: research in modern Indian economic history
    Australian Economic History Review, 2004, 44, (3), 221-240 View citations (1)

2003

61. Book Reviews: MUSHIRUL HASAN and NARIAKI NAKAZATO, eds, The Unfinished Agenda. Nation- building in South Asia, New Delhi, Manohar, 2001, pp. 536
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2003, 40, (2), 242-245
62. Book Reviews: RAJEN SAIKIA, Social and Economic History of Assam, 1853-1921, Manohar, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 258
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2003, 40, (1), 113-114

2002

63. Acceptance of innovations in early twentieth–century Indian weaving
    Economic History Review, 2002, 55, (3), 507-532 View citations (3)
64. Book Reviews: S. SIVASUBRAMONIAN, The National Income of India in the Twentieth Century, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 655
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2002, 39, (1), 113-115
65. Economic History and Modern India: Redefining the Link
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 109-130 View citations (26)
66. Fractured Modernity: Making of a Middle Class in Colonial North India. By Sanjay Joshi. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiv + 209 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN 0-195-64562-6
    Business History Review, 2002, 76, (3), 651-653
67. Madras handkerchiefs in the interwar period
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2002, 39, (2-3), 285-300

2001

68. Book Reviews: PHILIPPE CADÈNE and DENIS VIDAL, eds, Webs of Trade: Dynamics of Business Communities in Western India, New Delhi, Manohar, 1997, pp. 196
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2001, 38, (4), 473-474

2000

69. Book Reviews: MEENA BHARGAVA, State, Society and Ecology: Gorakhpur in Transition,1750-1830, Delhi, Manohar, 1999,pp. 279
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2000, 37, (4), 490-491

1999

70. Book Reviews: ARUN BANERJI, Finances in the Early Raj: Investments and the External Sector, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 1995, 338 pp
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1999, 36, (3), 389-391
71. Book Reviews: DWIJENDRA TRIPATHI, Historical Roots of Industrial Entrepreneurship in India and Japan: A Comparative Interpretation, Manohar, New Delhi, 1997, pp. 162
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1999, 36, (4), 504-505
72. Book Reviews: Peter Robb, ed., Meanings of Agriculture, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 389
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1999, 36, (2), 266-268
73. Conceiving mobility: Weavers' migrations in pre-colonial and colonial India
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1999, 36, (1), 35-67 View citations (3)
74. Editors' note: Markets in history—Concepts and outcomes of commercialisation in South Asia
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1999, 36, (3), 271-273 View citations (1)

1998

75. Book Reviews: G. BALACHANDRAN, John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars, Curzon Press, Richmond, pp. xii + 252, 1996
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1998, 35, (3), 337-339
76. Book Reviews: HARISH C. SHARMA, Artisans of the Punjab: A Study of Social Change in Historical Perspective 1849-1947, Manohar Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1996, pp. 167
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1998, 35, (3), 352-353
77. Indian Handlooms in the 20th Century
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 1998, 39, (2), 129-150

1997

78. Book Reviews: JACK GOODY, The East in the West, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, x + 295 pp
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1997, 34, (3), 387-389
79. Book Reviews: JAN BREMAN, Footloose Labour, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, x + 278 pp
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1997, 34, (3), 377-379
80. Capitalism and community: A study of the Madurai Sourashtras
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1997, 34, (4), 437-463 View citations (2)

1996

81. A flow of funds model for India and its implications
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1996, 18, (5), 469-494 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper A Flow of Funds Model for India and Its Implications, Working Papers (1993) (1993)
82. Book Reviews: WILLEM VAN SCHENDEL, (ed), Francis Buchanan in Southeast Bengal (1798), Manohar, 1992, pp. xxx + 209, Rs 300
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1996, 33, (4), 495-495
83. The role of the state in initiating development: A study of interwar South and Southeast Asia
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1996, 33, (4), 373-401 View citations (1)

1995

84. Price movements in early twentieth-century India
    Economic History Review, 1995, 48, (1), 118-133 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Price Movements in Early Twentieth Century in India, Working Papers (1992) (1992)

1994

85. Book Reviews: B.R. TOMLINSON, The Economy of Modern India, 1860-1970, Cambridge University Press, Foundation Books, New Delhi, 1993,235 pp., Rs. 325
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1994, 31, (2), 257-259
86. Book Reviews: H. VAN WERSCH, Bombay Textile Strike 1982-83, Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1992, xxiv + 463, Rs. 450
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1994, 31, (1), 114-115
87. Book Reviews: S.R.B. LEADBEATER, The Politics of Textiles: The Indian Cotton-Mill Industry and the Legacy of Swadeshi, 1900-1985, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1993, 312 pp., Rs. 285
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1994, 31, (3), 397-398
88. Book Reviews: SUGATA BOSE, Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital. Rural Bengal since 1770 (The New Cambridge History of India), Foundation Books, Delhi, 1993, xvi + 203 pp., Rs 275
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1994, 31, (4), 531-533
89. Foreign trade and the artisans in colonial India: A study of leather
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1994, 31, (4), 461-490

1993

90. Book Reviews: GEORGE ROSEN, Contrasting Styles of Industrial Reform: China and India in the 1980s, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992, xiii + 168 pp
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1993, 30, (4), 496-498
91. Money supply and asset choice in inter-war India
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1993, 30, (2), 163-180

1991

92. Book Reviews: MANJIT SINGH, The Political Economy of Unorganised Industry: A Study of the Labour Process, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1990, 236 pp., Rs. 190
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1991, 28, (4), 473-474
93. Book Reviews: NASIR TYABJI, The Small Industries Policy in India, Oxford University Press, Calcutta, 1989, 223 pp., Rs. 200
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1991, 28, (2), 223-224

1988

94. Size and structure of handloom weaving in the mid-thirties
    The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 1988, 25, (1), 1-24 View citations (1)

Books

2025

1. Origins of Colonialism
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2025)

2024

2. Kerala, 1956 to the Present
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2024)

2023

3. The Reserve Bank of India
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2022

4. Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (1)

2019

5. How British Rule Changed India’s Economy
   Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2018

6. A Business History of India
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (6)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (6)

2017

7. The Economy of South Asia
   Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)

2016

8. Law and the Economy in Colonial India
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (13)

2012

9. India in the World Economy
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (9)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2012) View citations (9)
10. Natural Disasters and Indian History: Oxford India Short Introductions
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)

2011

11. Economic History of India, 1857-1947
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (26)
    Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2006) View citations (10)

2010

12. Company of Kinsmen: Enterprise and Community in South Asian History 1700-1940
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (2)

2007

13. Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1999) View citations (21)

Edited books

2010

1. Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

2019

1. A Different Story? The Princely States
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. A Poor State
   Palgrave Macmillan
3. Conclusion
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. End of Famine
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. The Business of the Cities
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
7. The Making of British India
   Palgrave Macmillan
8. Unyielding Land
   Palgrave Macmillan

2018

9. South Asia
   Palgrave Macmillan

2017

10. Business
    Palgrave Macmillan
11. Defining the Region: Geography and History
    Palgrave Macmillan
12. Growth and Development
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (7)
13. Introduction
    Palgrave Macmillan
14. Land Reforms
    Palgrave Macmillan
15. Migration
    Palgrave Macmillan
16. Summary and Conclusion
    Palgrave Macmillan
17. The Green Revolution
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
18. The State and the Economy I: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
    Palgrave Macmillan
19. The State and the Economy II: Sri Lanka and Nepal
    Palgrave Macmillan
20. Trade and Industry I: India
    Palgrave Macmillan
21. Trade and Industry II: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
    Palgrave Macmillan

2016

22. States and Development: Early Modern India, China, and the Great Divergence
    Springer View citations (5)