History 337 - City,Industry,Labor/Col India

This course examines economic and social developments in India during the period of British imperialism (1757-1947). It specifically focuses on the histories and political economy of urban and industrial development, and factory and non-factory work in colonial times. The course begins with broad analyses of the transformation engendered by colonial policies, which integrated India into a global imperial economy. Other topics will include: the environmental costs of colonial urban development; the patterns of rural-urban migration; the workings of racial capitalism; the foundation and expansion of jute and cotton textile industries in the two most prominent industrial cities of British India?Calcutta and Bombay; and working and living conditions in these two cities. We will conclude this course with a brief analysis of Indian economy in the post-independence period.