1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Urbanization of South Asia under Muslim and British Rules
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63041036
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
YANAGISAWA Haruka Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (20046121)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AMELENDU De Jodavpur〈ジョダヴプル〉大学, 歴史学部, 教授
ASADA Yutaka Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 外国語学部, 助教授 (70116135)
USUDA Masayuki Faculty of Letter, Tokai University, 文学部, 教授 (60151867)
SATO Hiroshi Institute of Developing Economies, 地域研究部, 主任研究員
KARASHIMA Noboru Faculty of Letter, University of Tokyo, 文学部, 教授 (10014466)
DE Amelendu Department of History, Jadavpur University, India
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| Project Period (FY) |
1988 – 1989
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| Keywords | South Asia / Urbanization / Overseas Trade / Communal Conflict / Weaver / Urdu magagine |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project aimed to clarify the process of urbanization in South Asia and to trace the historical change in the socio-economic conditions and in the social consciousness of the city dwellers under Muslim and British rules from historical, political, sociological, economic and literary viewpoints.
In the first phase of the project, the microfilm copies of the important source materials relating to the topic were collected at the archives in south Asian countries and England. The collected documents include unpublished government records on the handloom industry, the Indian Newspaper Reports, Bengali weekly newspapers and the Urdu magazines published before 1947.
The research work has so far clarified the development of overseas trade in South India in the 16th-17th centuries, and the changes in the economic situation of the handloom weavers in North and South Indian towns under British rule. Some important aspects of Muslim movement in urban areas have been also clarified.
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