books.google.co.in - In a challenge to the widespread belief that poverty and poor living standards have been characteristic of India for centuries, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence....http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Transition_to_a_Colonial_Economy.html?id=x-rGFnZVxgUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Transition to a Colonial Economy
