Amit Kumar

Precious Threads and Precarious Lives

Histories of Shawl and Silk Industries of Kashmir, 1846-1950

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the hitherto unexplored history of the shawl and silk industries of Kashmir, India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780367635046
• ISBN-10: 0367635046
• Artikelnr.: 63223834

Autorenporträt

Amit Kumar is Assistant Professor of History at School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
1 Present historiography and its critique
2 Kashmiri shawls and their history
3 Shawl-wool trade and the creation of Jammu and Kashmir, 1819-1846
4 De-industrialisation, globalisation, and the crafts
5 Silk industry of Kashmir
6 Identity of the textile artisans
7 The Resilient Artisan: Weavers' exploitation and resistance
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index