She is the author of Producing India: From Colonial Economy to National Space (University of Chicago Press, 2004). She has authored articles on historical method, nationalism and empire, political economy and history of economic thought in the American Historical Review, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Journal of Historical Sociology, Political Power and Social Theory among others. She is an editor of Critical Historical Studies (a new journal from the University of Chicago Press) and serves on the editorial board of Public Culture.