Author: Publisher:
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1844
Book Description
Industrial Arts Index
Precious Threads and Precarious Lives
Author: Amit KumarPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000594556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book studies the hitherto unexplored history of the shawl and silk industries of the himalyan state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It focuses on the three processes – production, circulation, and consumption – of the textile industry of the region to highlight its socio-economic and political importance in 19th- and 20th-century Kashmir. Using the micro-history approach, it studies the sites of production – the home looms or the small karkhana – efficiency of labour, and innovations by weavers in their techniques to suit the demands of the market. It also locates the impact colonialism had on transforming the labour economy in the Kashmir textile industry. Further, it compares these karkhanas with the Scottish factories or home looms to illuminate many sites of difference and comparison between the working styles and technologies. Mapping a history as complex as the weave on the finest Kashmiri shawl, this book brings to life the interface between culture, commodity, and colonial networks. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, colonial and imperial history, cultural studies, and economic and labour history.
Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on Agriculture: Evidence taken in Burma
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Agriculture in IndiaPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Nature
Author: Sir Norman LockyerPublisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Pathways to Nationalism
Author: S. GaneshramPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135199736X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This book examines the socio-economic factors in the rise and development of nationalism in the Tamil-speaking region of the Madras Presidency in India between 1858 and 1918. It analyses the dynamic interaction between socio-economic conditions and nationalism in Tamil Nadu by applying both historical methods of documentary analysis and a sociological perspective. The volume looks at the advent of Western education and the role of Christian missionaries, the growth of the local press, socio-religious reform movements, decline of indigenous industries and the land revenue policies of the colonial government to arrive at a comprehensive portrait of the rise of nationalism in the Madras Presidency. The volume is invaluable for scholars of colonial history and the Indian freedom movement in southern India.
"Indian Industries and Power," Incorporating "Indian Motor News" ...
Author: The Hindustan Review
Author: Adroddiad Blynyddol
Author: National Museum of WalesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Legislative Assembly Debates (official Report)
Author: India. Legislature. Legislative AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947
Author: Claude MarkovitsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139431277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Claude Markovits tells the story of two groups of Hindu merchants from the towns of Shikarpur and Hyderabad in the province of Sind. Basing his account on previously neglected archival sources, the author charts the development of these communities, from the pre-colonial period through colonial conquest and up to independence, describing how they came to control trading networks throughout the world. While the book focuses on the trade of goods, money and information from Sind to the widely dispersed locations of Kobe, Panama, Bukhara and Cairo, it also throws light on the nature of trading diasporas from South Asia in their interaction with the global economy. This is a sophisticated and accessible book, written by one of the most distinguished economic historians in the field. It will appeal to scholars of South Asia, as well as to colonial historians and to students of religion.