The Making of an Indian Ocean World-Economy, 1250-1650 : Princes, Paddy fields, and Bazaars
1st ed. 2015
by
Ravi Palat
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
ISBN-10
1137542195
ISBN-13
9781137542199
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 12th, 2015
Print length
305 Pages
Weight
524 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 22.30 x 2.50 cms
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To counter Eurocentric notions of long-term historical change, Wet Rice Cultivation and the Emergence of the Indian Ocean draws upon the histories of societies based on wet-rice cultivation to chart an alternate pattern of social evolution and state formation and traces inter-state linkages and the growth of commercialization without capitalism.
This book draws upon the histories of societies based on wet-rice cultivation, such as India and China, to chart a pattern of social evolution and state formation different from Eurocentric notions. Professor Palat argues that production conditions in wet-rice agriculture did not favor large farms and that the absence of a political relationship between capitalists and rulers led to the absence of monopolies which generated the surplus that facilitated capitalism. The density of commercial linkages within the Indian Ocean world-system led to commercialism without capitalism and the large population that could be supported by rice cultivation promoted an ''industrious revolution'' in which skill and manual dexterity had a decisive advantage over machines.
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