
Western India
Reports addressed to the Chambers of Commerce of Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn and Glasgow
Alexander Mackay(Author)
James Robertson(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
490 pages
978-1-108-06072-1 (ISBN)
Description
Scottish-born Alexander Mackay (1808-1852) spent most of his career as a journalist in Canada and the United States, though he had been called to the bar in 1847. In 1851 he was commissioned by the chambers of commerce of Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, and Glasgow to go to India and report on the cultivation of cotton there, especially around Gujarat. He stayed for a year and was on his way back to Britain - his return forced by ill health - when he died at sea in 1852. His Western India, however, was published the following year after it was revised by James Robertson. The book highlights the many impediments to further growth of the Indian cotton trade: the poverty of the cultivators, heavy taxation, outdated planting methods and poor infrastructure, as well as the problem of competition from the booming cotton exports of the United States.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 4 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06072-1 (9781108060721)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Preface; Editor's preface; Introduction; Book I. Guzerat: 1. The province and the cotton trade; 2. Tenures in Guzerat; 3. The assessment and its incidents in Guzerat; 4. Cost of cultivation - competition with America; 5. Irrigation in Guzerat; 6. Roads in Guzerat; 7. Harbours of Guzerat; Book II. Southern Mahratta Country: 1. Revenue system - new survey; 2. Roads; 3. Irrigation.