Monday, November 12, 2012

Modern World System and Indian Proto-Industrialization: Bengal 1650-1800,



This book is an interesting account of an important concept proto-industrialization originated by Mendels. Before factory system took over production of manufactured items, there was rural industrialization that produced good amount of manufactured production.

See the Google book link for the book by Abhay Kumar Singh.
You can preview good number of pages

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=WwNUblS-jpwC


A letter by Mendels
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1984/oct/25/proto-industrialization/