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Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940

Roy, Tirthankar ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781 (2012) Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940. Australian Economic History Review, 52 (1). pp. 61-84. ISSN 0004-8992

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Identification Number: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2012.00341.x

Abstract

Using data on the production and usage of cotton, the paper develops estimates for the production and consumption of cotton cloth in India during 1795-1940, and based on these numbers, revisits three issues central to interpretations of economic change in colonial India. These are trends in levels of living, the correlation between production of textiles and consumption of textiles, and consumption of clothing in India in relation to the rest of the world. Average consumption of cotton cloth in India rose even as production declined, while real income grew more slowly, if at all, than the consumption of clothing

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-...
Divisions: Economic History
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2012 11:22
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2024 03:12
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43066

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