Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a
model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity. Historically, though …

Abstract The “New History of Capitalism” grounds the rise of industrial capitalism on the
production of raw cotton by American slaves. Recent works include Sven Beckert's Empire of …

In recent decades, private investment has led to an economic resurgence in India. But this is
not the first time the region has witnessed impressive business growth. There have been …

Refers to the export of enslaved Africans from the Atlantic coast of West Africa. The trade
began slowly during the 16th century after the arrival of Portuguese merchants on the coast …

An in-depth look at the distinctly different ways that China and India govern their cities and
how this impacts their residents Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two …

Though largely invisible in histories of the First World War, over?? 550,000 men in the ranks
of the Indian army were non-combatants. From the porters, stevedores and construction …

Marx's Capital, Capitalism and Limits to the State examines the capitalist state in the
abstract, and as it exists in advanced capitalism and peripheral capitalism, illustrating the …

We conduct a public goods game in three small towns in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Due
to historical military conquest, until 1947 these towns were on (barely) opposite sides of a …

This paper studies the relationship between land revenue systems and returns to
agricultural labour in colonial India. I provide the first district‐level comparative estimates of …

In 1931, before the end of British rule, Tata was the largest business group in India in terms
of both paid-up share capital and total assets. It was also the only Indian-owned group in the …