Weaving Histories

Weaving Histories
Author: Karuna Dietrich Wielenga
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780197266731

Weaving Histories looks at the economic history of South Asia from a fresh perspective, through a detailed study of the handloom industry in colonial South India between 1800 and 1960 and 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, spinning and weaving before the nineteenth century. The rupture of these connections produced a sea-change in the lives of ordinary weavers. New technologies reshaped production systems, and markets for cotton and cloth were transformed under the pressure of global trade. Weaving Histories uncovers these global connections and their human impact, especially on makers of coarse cloth and women workers. After the First World War, the handloom industry became a key battleground for struggles over workers' rights, and this emerging regulatory framework, in turn, exerted a strong influence on the economic trajectory of India after independence. This book examines the transformation of production systems, working conditions and state policies towards workers and owners, ending with a brief consideration of their long-term effects after 1947, when India became independent.

Handcrafted Indian Textiles

Handcrafted Indian Textiles
Author: R̥ta Kapur Chishti
Publisher: Roli Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788174360847

The outstanding textiles represented in this book were displayed at the Visvakarma series of exhibitions and have a wide-ranging vocabulary of design, technical skill and aesthetic brilliance. Written and edited by renwned names in textile design, this book is a treasure for both the textile aficionado and the designer.

The Crafts and Capitalism

The Crafts and Capitalism
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000024695

This book presents a comprehensive history of handloom weaving industry in India to challenge and revise the view that competition from machine-produced textiles destroyed the country’s handicrafts as claimed by historians until recently. It shows that skill-intensive handmade textiles survived the competition on a large scale, and that handmade goods and high-quality manual labour played a positive role in the making of modern India. Rich in archival material, The Crafts and Capitalism explores themes such as the historiography of craft technologies; statistical work on nineteenth-century cotton cloth production trends; narratives of merchants, the social leaders, the factory-owners; tools and techniques; and, shift from handloom to power loom. The book argues that changes in the handloom industry were central to the consolidation of new forms of capitalism in India. An important intervention in Indian economic history, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of Indian history, economic history, colonial history, modern history, political history, labour history and political economy. It will also interest nongovernmental organizations, textile historians, and design specialists.

Handloom Industry in Action

Handloom Industry in Action
Author: Umesh Charan Patnaik
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1997
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9788175330375

Study with reference to Orissa, India.

Crisis of Handloom Industry

Crisis of Handloom Industry
Author: M. Lakshmi Narasaiah
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1999
Genre: Handloom industry
ISBN: 9788171414413

Contents: Introduction and Methodology, Position and Development of Handloom Industry During Five-Year Plans, Organisational Pattern and Socio-Economic Profile of the Handloom Weavers, Employment Generation and Income Generation of Handloom Weavers, Capacity Utilisation and Indebtedness of the Handloom Weavers, Problems and Prospects of the Handloom Industry.

Textile Industry of India and Pakistan

Textile Industry of India and Pakistan
Author: Milan Sharma
Publisher: APH Publishing
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2006
Genre: Textile industry
ISBN: 9788176489584

This Book Analyses The Dynamics Of India`S And Pakistan`S T & C Exports To The European Union, Maintains That The Two Countries Export Potential To The Eu Is Not Fully Tapped, And Identifies The Product In Which Potential Exists For Future Growth.

Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India

Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1999-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521650120

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 new 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 new and penetrating insights into India s economic and social history.

Indian Textiles

Indian Textiles
Author: John Gillow
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0500291187

"[A] handsome digest of commercial, tribal, and folk textiles." —Fiberarts The production of textiles in India continues to flourish just as it has for many centuries. The interactions of indigenous tribes, invaders, traders, and explorers throughout history has built a culture legendary for its variety and color. From the Rann of Kutch to the Coromandel coast, handloom weavers, block printers, painters, dyers, and embroiderers are creating the most extraordinary textiles. This all-encompassing survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent runs the gamut of commercial, tribal, and folk textiles. The authors first place them in context by examining the cultural background: the history, the materials, and the techniques—weaving, printing, painting, and tie-dye. They then give a detailed region-by-region account of traditional textiles production, including chapters on Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. A dazzling array of images provides an unsurpassed visual representation of the textiles, while a detailed reference section with further reading, museums, and information on technical terms completes this essential guide.