Author: Anstey, Vera
Title: The Economic Development of India
Description: London, Longmanns, (1946). Reprint, orig. cloth. 22x14cm, xi, 581 pp, Light binding corner bumps. Dustwrapper repaired with cellophane tape.. 2 folding maps. Worn, Top page-edge spotting, Name pencilled on flyleaf, Good. ¶ Contents: Introduction; The Resources of India; Population, Social Organization, & Economic Development; Public Health & Economic Development;Economic Organization; Transport & Communications; Agricultural & Allied Problems & Policy; The Co-operative Movement; The Trend of Industry & Industrial Policy; India's Large-Scale Industries; The Protection of Industrial Labour by the State & by Voluntary Organization; The Trend of Foreign Trade & of Commercial Policy; The Financial System & Financial Developments; Banking & Currency; The Prosperity of the People; Conclusions; Economic Developments since 1929; Appendices: Indigenous Midwifery; Infant & Maternity Welfare in Bombay; "Mother India"; Sanitary Conditions in India; The Legal Position of Managing Agents; The Production of Steel at Jamshedpur; The "Drain" to England.

Keywords: Indian Colonial History, India, Colonial Economics, Development, Indian Trade, British Colonialism, South Asia, ,