MCR talk: The Colony, the Club and the Corporation: The Persistence of Gentlemanly Culture in Indian Industry.
Speaker: Shachi Amdekar
In the history of Indian industrialisation, it is possible to plot how networks of manufacturing elites emerged during the 19th century Bombay via Anglo-Indian agency – namely by exchange of emerging technology, finance and political patronage. This research uses archival data and elite interviews to examine the emergence and persistence of these networks of elite industrial houses based on the theory of gentlemanly capitalism (Cain and Hopkins, 1986).
Biography:
Shachi Amdekar is a PhD candidate at the Centre of Development Studies. She previously studied Economics at the University of Durham and the MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral research is on socioeconomic institutions and the development of manufacturing industry in Britain and colonial India. Her other research interests include the economics of sustainability, history of economic and political thought; inequality and social stratification; political philosophy and the New Liberal movement; the economics of imperialism and post-colonial identity.
Where: Erasmus Room
When: Tuesday 16 February 5.30pm
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There will be alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments. All welcome!