TY - BOOK AU - Yazdani,Kaveh TI - India, modernity and the great divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th c.) T2 - Library of economic history, SN - 9789004330795 AV - DS485.M9 Y39 2017 U1 - 954/.7502 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Social change KW - India KW - History KW - Economic development KW - Mysore (India : State) KW - Civilization KW - Gujarat (India) KW - European influences KW - 1200-1765 KW - 1765-1947 KW - Relations KW - Europe N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Transitional State of India’s History of Ideas, Science, Technology and Culture in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- Mysore -- Gujarat -- Epilogue – Transition from Middle to Late Modernity -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - India, Modernity and the Great Divergence is an original and pioneering book about India’s transition towards modernity and the rise of the West. The work examines global entanglements alongside the internal dynamics of 17th to 19th century Mysore and Gujarat in comparison to other regions of Afro-Eurasia. It is an interdisciplinary survey that enriches our historical understanding of South Asia, ranging across the fascinating and intertwined worlds of modernizing rulers, wealthy merchants, curious scholars, utopian poets, industrious peasants and skilled artisans. Bringing together socio-economic and political structures, warfare, techno-scientific innovations, knowledge production and transfer of ideas, this book forces us to rethink the reasons behind the emergence of the modern world UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004330795 ER -