Classes I Wish I Could Take

Via Brad DeLong, over in the People's Republic Of Berkeley

It is a fair criticism that we Berkeley Economics people (Ed: Aw, come on Brad, don't be so hard on yourself, most North American and European economists. ) think Economic History is Atlantic Economic History, and overwhelmingly North Atlantic Economic History.

Well, now I have a new course's worth of readings to compile--and I know I will have read only an appallingly small portion of it:

Un-Atlantic Economic History: The Economies Bordering the Indian Ocean and the China Seas, 1000-1950

Where to start? Where to start? Start with what I have read and know:

* Fernand Braudel, The Structure of Everyday Life (Civilization and Capitalism: 15th-18th Century) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0520081145/braddelong00
* Janet Abu-Lughod, Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0195067746/braddelong00
* K.N. Chaudhuri, Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0521285429/braddelong00
* Tirthankar Roy, The Economic History of India 1857-1947 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0195684303/braddelong00