• 22 February, 1784: The first American trade ship to China weighs anchor in New York City. The history of trade between China and the West is [...]

  For All the Tea in China

  22 February, 2013
• My interest in Agrarian Labor Regimes was first awaken in my research on Opium trade in India. Since then, more readings have made me realize the [...]

  Conference: Global History of Agrarian Labor Regimes, 1750 to 2000 (Harvard University)

  16 October, 2012
• By 2011 the BRIC economies had some of the highest rates of income inequality adjusted to the Human Development Index among developing nations. [...]

  Inequality in India

  21 April, 2012
• Prof. Adam McKeown from Columbia University did an online conference a couple weeks ago (November 08, 2011. University of Pittsburgh. World [...]

  Did Empire Matter? Indian Migration in Global Context 1834-1940

  8 December, 2011

• The Economist published a mind-blowing graphic depicting the migration of Chinese and Indian people around the world. The asses that [...]

  Where are the world’s biggest Chinese and Indian immigrant communities?

  17 November, 2011