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Weaving Histories - The Transformation of the Handloom Industry in South India, 1800-1960 (Hardcover)
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Weaving Histories - The Transformation of the Handloom Industry in South India, 1800-1960 (Hardcover)
Series: British Academy Monographs
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Weaving Histories looks at the economic history of South Asia from
a fresh perspective, through a detailed study of the handloom
industry of South India between 1800 and 1960, drawing out its
wider implications for the Indian economy. It employs an unusual
array of sources, including paintings and textile samples as well
as archival records, to excavate the links between cotton growing,
cleaning, spinning and weaving before the nineteenth century. The
rupture and re-configuration of these links produced a sea-change
in the lives of ordinary weavers. Weaving Histories examines the
configuration of forceslocal, regional, national and globalthat
drove this transformation, and uncovers its effects on different
groups of weavers. The handloom industry is used as a case study to
throw light on the historical emergence of the 'informal sector' in
India, and to re-examine contemporary debates about
industrialisation and economic development.
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