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100			_aSharma, Nabanita _938994
245			_aCommodities trade, river transport and colonialism: The Brahmaputra river valley in the nineteenth century
260			_aThe Indian Economic and Social History Review
300			_a69(1), Jan-Mar, 2022: p.75-94
520			_aThe article seeks to show how Assam’s riverine environment, and its natural resources, generated and inflected a process of commercialisation in the nineteenth century. Historically, present-day Assam was connected to the rest of the world through the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. In the early decades of colonial rule, plants such as caoutchouc and tea were discovered in the valley. These developments, together with transportation networks built with state and private capital, heralded a new phase of commerce in the region. A rich scholarship in South Asian history has shown how the river played a crucial role in the economic changes in different regions. The article belongs in that scholarship but stresses the role of the river as an artery of transportation rather than as an agricultural resource. The river system facilitated Assam’s closer integration with the world economy and the colonial regime. – Reproduced
650			_aCommerce, Economy, Ecology, Steamer , Waterways. _936899
773			_aThe Indian Economic and Social History Review
906			_aTRADE
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