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India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Problem of Quotation and Transliteration -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 0.1) Preliminary Remarks...

An Agrarian History of Portugal, 1000-2000: Economic Development on the European Frontier -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: State Formation and Malthusian Growth -- 1 The Reconquista and Its Legacy, 1000-1348...

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Drawing on literature such as the industrious revolution and consumer revolution, this book is a thorough study of the economic and structural changes taking place in the Norwegian economy prior to the Industrial revolution.

In Breaking into the Monopoly, Yukihisa Kumagai examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised campaigns to end the British East India Company's monopoly from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833.