>Ulhas, could recommend a good book that describes India's distinctive, and >recently fairly successful, non-export-led development path? And perhaps >as well an intelligent (rather than cookie-cutter ideological) critique of >the limits of same? > >And if anyone else wants to chime in with suggestions I'd be grateful as >well. > >Michael
Frederick Clairmont: Economic liberalism and underdevelopment : studies in the disintegration of an idea. Should actually be subtitled studies in the disintegration of India. Written in 1960 (and still available from amazon.com), it is a study of how capitalist penetration of India led to backwardness starting with the British railway system. Chapter 3 The Indian Dossier The Rape of India Social Structure of Pre-British India Pre-Capitalist Accumulation Annihilation of Indian Manufactures Social Relations of Agriculture Cash Crops British Rule: Imperial Foundations Railway Investments Railway Strategy Later Deterrents to Industry Attempts and Failure The Utility of the Indian Dossier
