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Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India / / Tirthankar Roy [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Roy Tirthankar Visualizza persona
Titolo: Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India / / Tirthankar Roy [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 338.0954
Soggetto topico: Industries - India
Industrial policy - India
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di contenuto: ; 1. Introduction -- ; 2. Markets and organization -- ; 3. Handloom weaving -- ; 4. Gold thread (jari) -- ; 5. Brassware -- ; 6. Leather -- ; 7. Carpets -- ; 8. Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: The majority of workers in South Asia are employed in industries that rely on manual labour and craft skills. Some of these industries have existed for centuries and survived great changes in consumption and technology over the last 150 years. In earlier studies, historians of the region focused on mechanized rather than craft industries, arguing that traditional manufacturing was destroyed or devitalized during the colonial period, and that 'modern' industry is substantially different. Exploring new material from research into five traditional industries, Tirthankar Roy's book contests these notions, demonstrating that while traditional industry did evolve during the Industrial Revolution, these transformations had a positive rather than destructive effect on manufacturing generally. In fact, the book suggests, the major industries in post-independence India were shaped by such transformations. Tirthankar Roy's book offers penetrating insights into India's economic and social history.
Titolo autorizzato: Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-11673-2
0-521-03305-5
0-511-15025-3
0-511-11750-7
0-511-31009-9
1-280-15380-6
0-511-05201-4
0-511-49742-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454578903321
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Serie: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society. ; ; 5.