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Author Nath, Maanik, 1991- author.

Title Capital shortage : credit and Indian economic development, 1920-1960 / Maanik Nath
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cambridge studies in economic history
Cambridge studies in economic history.
Contents Introduction -- Agriculture, Commerce and Governance in the Longue Durée -- Climate and Credit -- Courts and Credit -- Regulating Moneylenders -- Regulating Cooperatives -- Credit after 1960 -- Conclusion
Summary "A study of capital shortage and widespread poverty in colonial and postcolonial India. Connecting environmental, institutional and political economic theories to history, Maanik Nath offers new insights on why credit was scarce, and how this scarcity affected development patterns in the Global South"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 15, 2023)
Subject Rural credit -- India -- History -- 20th century
Credit -- India -- History -- 20th century
Economic development -- India -- History -- 20th century
Credit
Economic development
Economic history
Rural credit
SUBJECT India -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Subject India
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022056426
ISBN 9781009359023
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1009359037
9781009359030