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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2023
      August 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009359023
      9781009359078
      9781009359047
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009359023
      Dimensions:
      (235 x 158 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 248 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.364kg, 248 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History, Regional History after 1500, Economic History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
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    Subjects:
    History, Regional History after 1500, Economic History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
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    The great majority of the population in colonial and postcolonial India lived in the countryside and were poor. Many were unable to find gainful work outside agriculture and remained dependent on a livelihood that provided only subsistence, and a precarious one. Seeking the roots of persistent poverty, Maanik Nath finds that the pervasive high cost and shortage of capital affected the peasant's ability to invest in land. The productivity of land, as a result, remained small and changed little. Bridging economic theory and historical evidence, Capital Shortage shows that climate, law, policy design, and interactions between these factors, perpetuated a stubborn cycle of low investment and widespread deprivation over several decades. These findings can be tested against credit and development in preceding and succeeding periods as well as positioned in comparative global context.

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