IGNOU MHI-107 – History of Indian Economy-2: C.1700 to 2000 Spiral Notes

Description

IGNOU MHI-107 English Topics Covered

Block 1 – Historiography and Economy

• Unit 1 – The Eighteenth Century in Indian History
• Unit 2 – Historiography of the Colonial Economy

Block 2 – Trade and Markets

• Unit 1 – Merchants and Markets-1757:1857
• Unit 2 – Colonialism and Trade – 1857:1947

Block 3 – The Rural Economy

• Unit 1 – Agrarian Policy and Land Rights
• Unit 2 – Patterns of Commercialisation
• Unit 3 – The Question of Agrarian Growth and Stagnation

Block 4 – Colonial Economy

• Unit 1 – Currency
• Unit 2 – Drain of Wealth Debate
• Unit 3 – Colonial Economy and Its Impact
• Unit 4 – Famines and Epidemics

Block 5 – Forests and Commons

• Unit 1 – Forests and Tribal Economies
• Unit 2 – Tribal Societies and Colonial Economy

Block 6 – Demography and Economy

• Unit 1 – Demographical Changes in Colonial India

Block 7 – Craft Production, Technological Change and Industrialisation

• Unit 1 – The De-Industralisation Debate
• Unit 2 – Crafts Industries and Small Scale Production
• Unit 3 – Patterns of Industrialisation
• Unit 4 – Emergence of Capitalist Class
• Unit 5 – Labour in Colonial India
• Unit 6 – Women and Work
• Unit 7 – Technology, Science and Empire

Block 8 – Economy of Post-Independence India

• Unit 1 – Planning and Development
• Unit 2 – Land and Tenancy Reforms
• Unit 3 – Agriculture and Industries
• Unit 4 – Growth of Modern Banking System, Nationalisation of Banking and Industries

Block 9 – Towards Liberalisation

• Unit 1 – Globalisation
• Unit 2 – Political Economy of Liberalisation