Economic Development: Colonialism and Historical Path Dependence

Shashi Tharoor on British Rule in India (Classic Oxford University Debate Video):

Shashi Tharoor – an Indian MP has a doctoral degree from Tufts University (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)

Related:

Iyer, Lakshmi. "Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences." Review of Economics and Statistics 92(4): 693-713, 2010.

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/REST_a_00023

Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer, 2005. "History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(4), pages 1190-1213, September.

http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/debraj/Courses/Readings/BanerjeeIyer.pdf

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Excellent new books on Britain, India and the Raj:

Three of the best reviewed non-fiction books this year –

Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad

The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World War by Yasmin Khan

Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition by Nisid Hajari

[INTERVIEW: http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60584741]

RELATED BOOK REVIEWS:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9553082/the-forgotten-army-abandoned-by-the-british-to-the-horrors-of-partition/

http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9587602/britain-didnt-fight-the-second-world-war-the-british-empire-did/

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/indias-second-world-war-history-you-dont-hear-about

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11683954/The-bloody-fight-for-the-Raj.html