India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th-19th Century) by Kaveh Yazdani
India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th-19th Century)
AUTHOR- Kaveh Yazdani
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- AUTHOR : Kaveh Yazdani
- HB ISBN : 978-93-7795-762-9
- Year : 2026
- Extent : 920
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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.
The Author
Kaveh Yazdani has been an Assistant Professor of History, University of Connecticut since 2021. He specializes in the history of India from the 16th to the 19th centuries, the global history of capitalism, and various themes associated with the world history, including the ‘Great Divergence’ debate. Between 2017 and 2020, he taught at the University of Bielefeld. In 2020, Yazdani served as Visiting Professor of Global Economic and Social History, University of Vienna. His recent publications include the special journal issue, ‘Capitalisms of the ‘Global South’ (Historia Crítica, 2023, co-edited with Constanza Castro) and the edited volume, Capitalisms: Towards a Global History (2020, co-edited with Dilip Menon).