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Precious Threads and Precarious Lives - Histories of Shawl and Silk Industries of Kashmir, 1846-1950 (Hardcover)
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Precious Threads and Precarious Lives - Histories of Shawl and Silk Industries of Kashmir, 1846-1950 (Hardcover)
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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.
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