Intro; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Abstract; The Paradox of the Raj; Is the Paradox Explained?; The Creation of British India; Net Results; The Raj's Success; The Raj's Failure; The Story in a Nutshell and How It Relates to World History; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 2 The Making of British India; Abstract; The Economy of the Inland; The Rise of the Seaboard; The Rise of the Company State; Why Did Trade Lead to an Empire?; Becoming a Government; New Trades; Shifts in Capital; The Mutiny and Its Aftermath; Conclusion; Further Reading
Chapter 3 The Business of the CitiesAbstract; Trade; Finance; Factories; 'Inputs' into Factories: Labour, Capital, Management, and Technology; Business and Public Good; Artisans; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Unyielding Land; Abstract; Growth of Trade; The Regions; Peasants and Landlords; The Wage-Labourer; Moneylenders; The Colonist Model of Poverty: The Evil Lender; Another Theory: Limited Resource and High Risk; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 5 A Poor State; Abstract; What Made a Colonial Government Colonial?; Funding the State; Drain: A Word Posing as a Theory
Not Enough CapitalThe Currency Policy; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 End of Famine; Abstract; Population Growth; Public Health; End of Famines; High Birth Rate and the Status of Women in India; The Bengal Famine; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 7 A Different Story? The Princely States; Abstract; What Do We Know?; British India and the Princely States Compared; The Pattern of Economic Change; Did Independence Matter?; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Abstract; Index