“The Parsis Built all these Ships without any Assistance from the English”: Indian Shipbuilding in the 1800s

When teaching industrialization’s global consequences, students sometimes understand the changes in manufacturing as a zero-sum game. Manufacturing expanded in Europe, so it declined in the rest of the world. While there is some truth to that claim, it can be misleading for students. In many parts of Asia, manufacturing expanded significantly in the nineteenth century. A good example of this shift can be seen in Indian shipbuilding.

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