Small Town Capitalism in Western India Artisans Merchants and the Making of the Informal Economy 1870 1960 1st Edition by Douglas E Haynes ISBN 0521193338 9780521193337

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ISBN 10: 0521193338

ISBN 13: 9780521193337 

Author: Douglas E. Haynes

This book charts the history of artisan production and marketing in the Bombay Presidency from 1870 to 1960. While the textile mills of western India’s biggest cities have been the subject of many rich studies, the role of artisan producers located in the region’s small towns have been virtually ignored. Based upon extensive archival research as well as numerous interviews with participants in the handloom and powerloom industries, this book explores the role of weavers, merchants, consumers and laborers in the making of what the author calls ‘small-town capitalism’. By focusing on the politics of negotiation and resistance in local workshops, the book challenges conventional narratives of industrial change. The book provides the first in-depth work on the origins of powerloom manufacture in South Asia. It affords unique insights into the social and economic experience of small-town artisans as well as the informal economy of late colonial and early post-independence India.

Table of contents:

1. Half title page

2. Dedication

3. Series page

4. Title page

5. Copyright page

6. Contents

7. Images

8. Maps, Chart, and Tables

9. Preface

10. Abbreviations

11. Introduction

12. The Historical and Global Contexts of Artisan Production

13. Artisanal Towns

14. Consumers, Merchants, and Markets

15. The Organisation of Production

16. Small Town Capitalism and the Living Standards of Artisans

17. The Colonial State and the Handloom Weaver

18. The Paradox of the Long 1930s

19. Weaver-Capitalists and the Politics of the Workshop, 1940–1960

20. Concluding Reflections

21. Appendix I – Costs Involved in Manufacturing Two Types of Saris, Ahmednagar

22. Appendix II – Sari Prices, 1928–1937

23. Bibliography

24. Index

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