Economic conditions in early modern Bengal: a contribution to the divergence debate

Roy, Tirthankar ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781 (2010) Economic conditions in early modern Bengal: a contribution to the divergence debate. Journal of Economic History, 70 (1). pp. 179-194. ISSN 0022-0507

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This article contributes to the debate on relative levels of living in the early modern world by estimating the income and probable range of income growth in Bengal before European colonization. The exercise yields two conclusions, (a) average income in Bengal was significantly smaller than that in contemporary Western Europe, and (b) there is insufficient basis to infer either growth or decline in average income in the eighteenth century.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information:	© 2010 The Economic History Association
Divisions:	Economic History
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2010 16:57
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 05:20
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27557

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