G. A. Nadri

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Netherlands
Affiliation	Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Email	gahmadnadri@hotmail.com
Mailing Address	History Department, Leiden University 62 Boerhaavelaan 2334 ES, Leiden, the Netherlands
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 00-31-71-526-2556 fax: 00-31-71-527-2652
Websites	http://www.tanap.net/content/universities/current_research/current_research_detail.cfm?ArticleID=53
Countries of Specialization	India
Research Interests	My general research interest lies in the socio-economic history of early-modern South Asia. Culling information from a variety of English, Dutch and Persian sources, I have been writing research papers on a wide range of issues and aspects of merchants and their social and commercial world, European companies and maritime trade, piracy and labour market. My PhD thesis, which is nearing completion, focuses on the nature of political economy of Gujarat in the eighteenth century. This is a detailed study of I) the temporal and spatial dimensions of Asian commercial activities in Gujarat, ii) the dynamics of agricultural and craft productions in that region, iii) the implications of European trade for the economy and iv) local gentry and the nature of consumer demand. At a broader level, the thesis seeks to contribute to ongoing debate on the nature of the eighteenth century in Indian/Asian economies. It also analyses the nature of engagement between trade and politics and delineates and distinguishes the processes of colonial intervention in western India from those of Bengal and south-eastern India.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	Gujarat ; maritime trade ; Indian Ocean ; European companies.