Part one of term paper
India was a direct colony of the British and the impact of this colonial rule over the economy and society of India has been immense. It must be stated at the outset that direct colonial rule leaves a total impact on the colonized society because every aspect of social life is influenced by colonial policies of the colonizers. A direct colony ...

Part two of term paper
... society. India in the pre-colonial period had a stable economy. Self-sufficient agriculture, flourishing trade and rich handicraft industries. Subsistence farmers, organized in small village communities carried on agricultural operations in India. “Landlords were not landowners; they only had the right or privilege to collect taxes from the peasants” (Rothermund, page 1). A village was more or less a self-sufficient economic unit and its business contacts with the outside world were ...