Did globalisation aid industrial development in colonial India? A study of knowledge transfer in the iron industry

Indian Economic and Social History Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-613

  Roy, Tirthankar ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1177/001946460904600404     Document Type: Article

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