The Economic History of India, Vol. II. In the Victorian Age 1837-1900

Contents: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. Book I. Under the Company 1838-1858: 1. Auckland and Ellenborough. 2. Hardinge and Dalhousie. 3. Land settlements in Northern India. 4. Land settlements in Bombay. 5. Land settlements in Madras. 6. Land settlements in the Punjab. 7. Raw produce and manufactures. 8. Coffee, sugar and cotton. 9. Tea, salt and opium. 10. Tariffs, imports and exports. 11. Irrigation and railways. 12. Administration. 13. Indian finance, Genesis of the Indian debt. 14. End of the company's rule. Book II. Under the Queen 1858-1876: 1. Canning, Elgin and Lawrence. 2. Mayo and Northbrook. 3. Land reforms in Northern India. 4. Proposed permanent settlement for India. 5. Land settlements in the Central provinces. 6. Land settlements in Madras. 7. Land settlements in Bombay. 8. Trade and manufacture. 9. Railways and irrigation. 10. Finance and the Indian debt. 11. Local cesses on land. 12. History of tariffs.  Book III. Under the Empress 1877-1900: 1. Lytton and Ripon. 2. Dufferin and Lansdowne. 3. Elgin and Curzon. 4. Land administration in Northern India. 5. Land administration in the Central Provinces. 6. Land administration in Bombay and Madras. 7. Land resolutions of Ripon and Curzon. 8. Trade and manufacture. 9. History of tariffs. 10. Railways and irrigation. 11. Royal Commission on expenditure. 12. Indian Currency Committee. 13. Finance and the Indian debt. 14. India in the Twentieth century. Index.

"Romesh Chunder Dutt was undoubtedly one of the great figures of his generation in India. His the Economic History of India appeared in two volumes, the first in 1902 and the second in 1904 and was immediately recognized as a lucid account of the history of industries, trades and manufactures of India, aimed at underlying the fact that the cooperation of the people is essential to successful administration in every civilized country. The two volumes have already passed through several editions and have been studied by every Indian desirous of knowing the economic condition of India during the British Rule." (jacket)