| ID | 089382 |
| Title Proper | Co-ordinating state and the economy |
| Other Title Information | the Nizamat in eighteenth-century Bengal |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mukherjee, Tilottama |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The economy of eighteenth-century Bengal was closely tied to the political, with the indigenous state, the Nizamat, maintaining a stake in the success of commercial circuits. The Nizamat played a positive role in keeping the structure operative through its patronage and regulating activities. Besides its direct involvement in trade, the article examines the indirect facilitating and co-ordinating role it played, the elaboration of a distinct court culture and the policies it pursued which had a bearing on the health of the economy. The conditions necessary for the functioning of marketing networks-protection of property and enforcement of contract-were maintained. It was a mutually beneficial system with the state with its seat in Murshidabad, the landed élite of the region, and the commercial sector symbiotically tied together. |
| `In' analytical Note | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 43, No. 2; Mar 2009: p. 389-436 |
| Journal Source | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 43, No. 2; Mar 2009: p. 389-436 |
| Key Words | Co-ordinating State ; Economy ; Bengal - Eighteenth-Century ; Commerce ; Murshidabad |