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 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.
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