Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India by Tirthankar Roy (English

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Roy's book offers new and penetrating insights into the study of India's economic and social history.

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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 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 penetrating insights into India's economic and social history.

Notes

Earlier historians of India’s economic history have argued that traditional manufacturing in India 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 galvanizing rather than negative effect on manufacturing generally. The book offers penetrating insights into the study of India’s economic and social history.

Author Biography

Tirthankar Roy is Reader in the Economic History Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His publications include The Economic History of India 1857 1947, 3rd Edition (2011), Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia, co-edited with Douglas Haynes, Abigail McGowan and Haruka Yanagisawa (2010), Company of Kinsmen: Enterprise and Community in South Asian History 1700 1940 (2010) and Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India (1999).

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Markets and organization; 3. Handloom weaving; 4. Gold thread (jari); 5. Brassware; 6. Leather; 7. Carpets; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.

Review

"This book is a must for any scholar concerned with transformations of traditional enterprise in the modern world economy. The extensive bibliography, solid revisionist argument, and detailed evidence also make it a new classic in the economic history of modern South Asia." Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This impressively researched book by Tirthankar Roy perhaps drives the last nail into the coffin of the old nationalist, and sometimes Marxist, assumption that artisanal industries of precolonial India were dealt a death blow in the colonial period when British rule created a market for industrial goods that were either imported or manufactured locally...His approach is a welcome corrective to some of the received views on the history of Indian economy under British rule..." American Historical Review "This new book by Tirthankar Roy of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay is well worth reading. It is a careful and extremely well researched discussion of the evolution of five important craft-based industries during the colonial period." EH.NET (Feb 01)

Review Quote

"This new book by Tirthankar Roy of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay is well worth reading. It is a careful and extremely well researched discussion of the evolution of five important craft-based industries during the colonial period." EH.NET (Feb 01)

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Roy's book offers penetrating insights into the study of India's economic and social history.

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Tirthankar Roy challenges the view that traditional industry was destroyed in the colonial period. Roy argues that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing effect on manufacturing generally and that the major industries in post-independence India were shaped by such transformations.

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Tirthankar Roy challenges the view that traditional industry was destroyed in the colonial period. Roy argues that while traditional industry did evolve during the industrial revolution, these transformations had a galvanizing effect on manufacturing generally and that the major industries in post-independence India were shaped by such transformations.

Details ISBN0521033055 Author Tirthankar Roy Short Title TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY IN THE EC Pages 268 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 0521033055 ISBN-13 9780521033053 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 338.095 Series Number 5 Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-01-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1960 Affiliation Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay Edition Description Revised Illustrations 10 Tables, unspecified; 4 Maps; 10 Halftones, unspecified DOI 10.1604/9780521033053 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2007-01-25 AU Release Date 2007-01-25 NZ Release Date 2007-01-25 We've got this

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