This course is available on the BSc in Economic History, BSc in Economic History with Economics and BSc in Economics and Economic History. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Economic History, BSc in Economic History with Economics and BSc in Economics and Economic History. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 40 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, while we are planning for most classes and seminars to be delivered in-person, it is possible that some or all of this teaching may have to be delivered virtually.? Lectures will either be recorded or given in the form of live webinars. This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas and Lent Term.
Students are expected to write three essays or equivalent pieces of written work.
1. Dietmar Rothermund, An Economic History of India (1993)2. B.R. Tomlinson, The Economy of Modern India (2013)3. Tirthankar Roy, The Economic History of India 1757-2010 (2020)4. G. Balachandran, ed., India and the World Economy 1850-1950 (2003)5. Latika Chaudhary and others, eds., A New Economic History of Colonial India (2016)6. P.J. Marshall, ed., The Eighteenth Century in Indian History (2004)
Exam (90%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period. Class participation (10%) in the MT and LT. While we hope to be in a position to offer in-person assessment, it remains possible that examination for this module will be online.