This book charts the history of artisan production and marketing in
the Bombay Presidency from 1870 to 1960. While the textile mills of
western India's biggest cities have been the subject of many rich
studies, the role of artisan producers located in the region's
small towns have been virtually ignored. Based upon extensive
archival research as well as numerous interviews with participants
in the handloom and powerloom industries, this book explores the
role of weavers, merchants, consumers and laborers in the making of
what the author calls 'small-town capitalism'. By focusing on the
politics of negotiation and resistance in local workshops, the book
challenges conventional narratives of industrial change. The book
provides the first in-depth work on the origins of powerloom
manufacture in South Asia. It affords unique insights into the
social and economic experience of small-town artisans as well as
the informal economy of late colonial and early post-independence
India.
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