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Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India

Download or Read eBook Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India PDF written by Tirthankar Roy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0521650127
ISBN-13 : 9780521650120
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Book Synopsis Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India by : Tirthankar Roy

Book excerpt: 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.


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