Monday, February 4, 2008

Doc #6 Nehru

This excerpt, from The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, explains how India became a "typical" colonial economy.

This process continued throughout the nineteenth century. Other old Indian industries- shipbuilding, metalwork, glass, paper-and many crafts were broken up. Thus the economic development of India was stopped and the growth of new industry was prevented.... A typical colonial economy was built up.India became an agricultural colony of industrial England. It supplied raw materials and provided markets for England's industrial goods. The destruction of industry led to unemployment on a vast scale.... The poverty of the country grew. The standard of living fell to terribly low levels.

What negative effects of imperialism does Nehru point out?

13 comments:

Manny said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment and also the poverty of the country expanded.

Anonymous said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment on a vast scale.

By Antonio Valdovinos

Anonymous said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment

Anthony said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment on a vast scale.... The poverty of the country grew. The standard of living fell to terribly low levels

Anonymous said...

the negative effects that Nehru point out was that the destruction of industry led to unemployment and also the poverty of the country expanded.

Anonymous said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment


Stephen Kimmons

Anonymous said...

the poverty of the country expanded and also the destructionof industry led to unemployment
felix

Vane said...

The negative effects that Nehru point out in this document is the destruction of industry and how it led to poverty

Anonymous said...

the peopel wanted to expand but the english got them unemployed and also the country poverty expanded!!!!

Anonymous said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment and also the poverty of the country. because of the british .


-vanessa chavez

Anonymous said...

THE DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRY LED TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALSO THE POVERTY OF THE COUNTRY EXPANDED.

EBONY SOLOMON

Anonymous said...

In this Paragraph the destriction of the industry led to unemployment and also the poverty of the country lead to it expanding.

Kayla

Anonymous said...

The destruction of industry led to unemployment and the poverty on the country to grow.