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Crafting the Nation in Colonial India / by A. McGowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGowan, Abigail, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Ethnology--Asia.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- History, Modern.
- Cultural History.
- Asian History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Asian Culture.
- Modern History.
- History of South Asia.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History.
- Asian History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Asian Culture.
- Modern History.
- History of South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Demanding Knowledge, Documenting the Body; 2 The Culture of Difference: From Colonial Knowledge to the Problem with Crafts; 3 Developing Traditions: Preservationist Design and the Independent Artisan; 4 Modernizing Artisanship: Rationalization, Efficiency, and the Cult of the Craftsman; Conclusion: The Long Life of Difference: Gandhi and the Politics of Crafts after 1920; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612557088
- 9781282557086
- 1282557084
- 9780230623231
- 0230623239
- OCLC:
- 497757208
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