On estimating the employment implications of European trade for the eighteenth century Bengal textile industry - a reply

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Sushil Chaudhury has criticized the estimates of jobs created by European trade in the Bengal textile industry published in 'The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal 1630-1720.' His criticisms are based primarily on an error in converting covids to yards and questions concerning the classification of textiles. However, the conversion rate has very little effect on the final estimate, and the textile categorization was based on Dutch East India Company sources. Furthermore, Chaudhury's own evidence for the relative importance of European versus Asian trade is questionable.

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European companies and the Bengal textile industry in the eighteenth century: the pitfalls of applying quantitative techniques

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The handloom-driven textile industry of Bengal was the paramount supplier to the international markets from the 17th century until machine-made fabrics became prevalent in the 19th century. Attempts to quantify the economic effects on the local region have produced figures indicating large employment benefits. A reexamination of the data, however, reveals that the volume of trade in textiles from Bengal was not significant enough to generate the job creation which is generally attributed to it.

Textile workers

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International trade in Bengal silk and the comparative role of Asians and Europeans, circa. 1700-1757

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Bengal silk was the most important commodity in international trade in Bengal in the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries. Few historians believeview that Europeans and not Asians played a major role in export of silk from Bengal. There is no doubt that European companies had a very dominant position in Bengal's seaborne trade. The volume of silk exported by Asians via overland routes was greater than that of Europeans in the mid eighteenth century.

Economic aspects, Europeans, Silk

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