Small town capitalism in Western India
Subtitle: artisans, merchants and the making of the informal economy, 1870-1960
By: Douglas E. Haynes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521193337
Subjects: Textile industry; Cottage industries; Economic conditions; History; Artisans; Capitalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical and global contexts of artisan production; title: Consumers, merchants and markets; title: Artisanal towns; title: The organization of production; title: Small town capitalism and the living standards of artisans; title: The colonial state and the handloom weaver; title: The paradox of the long 1930s; title: Weaver capitalists and the politics of the workshop, 1940-60.