Ascertaining living standards in erstwhile Mysore, Southern India, from Francis Buchanan's journey of 1800-01: An empirical contribution to the great divergence debate

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 695-733

  Sivramkrishna, Sashi ^a  

^a Foundation to Aid Industrial Recovery   (India)

Author keywords

Francis Buchanan; Great Divergence; Mysore; Real Wages; Standard of Living

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749090371     PISSN: 00224995     EISSN: 15685209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/002249909X12574071689177     Document Type: Article

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