Indian Economic Growth in Historical Perspective

The late Haruka Yanagisawa, who passed away in 2015, was a Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was much loved and respected for his kindness and academic commitment. His publications include A Century of Change: Caste and Irrigated Lands in Tamilnadu 1860s–1970s (1996), Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia (co-editor, 2010), Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese Perspectives (co-editor, 1996, reprint: 2016), Community, Commons and Natural Resource Management in Asia (editor, 2015). His articles have been published in Indian Economic and Social History Review, Conservation and Society and Review of Agrarian Studies. He has also published many books and articles in Japanese.

• Introduction: In Search of the Roots of Contemporary Economic Growth in India PART I: Stirrings of Economic Development: Moves after World War I 1. Agriculture in the Great Depression: Agricultural Production and Changes in Rural Society; 2. Growth in the Manufacturing Sector: Nationalist Movements, Import Substitution Industrialisation and a Multi-Tiered Labour Market; 3. The Growth of Small-Scale Enterprises and Changes in Consumption Patterns: A Prototype of Post-Independence Informal Sectors Part II: The Economic Development In Independent India: The Formation of a Foundation 4. State-Led Import-Substitution Industrialisation: Forming the Foundation for Further Economic Development; 5. Agrarian Development after Independence; 6. Changes in Rural Society, the Development of the Rural Economy and the Growth of Rural Markets Part III: Accelerated Growth and the Structure of the Indian Economy and Society 7. The Growth of Small-Scale and Informal-Sector Industries and the Production of Low-Cost Goods; 8. The Growth of the Service Sector and Socio-Economic Changes in Rural Society; 9. A Growing Connection between Rural Society and the Urban Informal Economy; 10. Economic Reforms and the Development of the Large-Scale Formal Sector; 11. The Structure of Indian Society and Economic Growth; Conclusion: Towards Further Development