Tirthankar Roy
Tirthankar Roy, is an Indian economic historian and Professor in Economic History at the London School of Economics. His research mainly focuses on economic history, business history, and the history of development. He is particularly interested in the economic, political, and social effects of colonial rule of India during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Prior to arriving at LSE, he served as a professor at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, India. He serves on the editorial boards of internationally recognised journals including the Indian Economic and Social History Review and the Springer Economic History series.
Roy received his Ph.D. from the Centre for Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1989. He also received an M.A. in economics from Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India.Works
- Economic Change in Global History
- A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700
- The Economy of South Asia from 1950 to the Present
- Law and the Economy in Colonial India
- An Economic History of Early Modern India
- East India Company: The World’s Most Powerful Corporation
- The Economic History of India 1857-1947
- How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles 1500-1850
- Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia
- Company of Kinsmen: Community and Enterprise in South Asian History 1700-1950
- Rethinking Economic Change in India: Labour and Livelihood
- Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
- Artisans and Industrialization: Indian Weaving in the Twentieth Century,
- Economic Reforms: The Next Step
- Cloth and Commerce: Textiles in Indian History''
