Jari Embroidery
Author: Sekh Rahim Mondal
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9788178357379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudy conducted in the four villages of the Howrah District of West Bengal, India.
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Traditional Embroideries of India
Author: Shailaja D. Naik
Publisher: APH Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9788170247319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEncyclopaedia of Dalits in India: Women
Author: Sanjay Paswan
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9788178350325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1. An Overview 2. Issues and Problems 3. Dalitism and Womanhood 4. The Contemporary Scenario 5. The Emancipation 6. The Last among Dalits 7. Problems and Remedies 8. Socio-Cultural Mobility 9. Changing Status 10. The Human Response 11. Religious Fundamentalism 12. Social Condition13. Social Development 14. Social Status 15. Wealth Factor16. Women's Movements 17. Marital Status of Scheduled Castes Women Index
India Today [2 volumes]
Author: Arnold P. Kaminsky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-09-23
Total Pages: 925
ISBN-13: 0313374635
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining almost 250 entries written by scholars from around the world, this two-volume resource provides current, accurate, and useful information on the politics, economics, society, and cultures of India since 1947. With more than a billion citizens—almost 18 percent of the world's population—India is a reflection of over 5,000 years of interaction and exchange across a wide spectrum of cultures and civilizations. India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic describes the growth and development of the nation since it achieved independence from the British Raj in 1947. The two-volume work presents an analytical review of India's transition from fledgling state to the world's largest democracy and potential economic superpower. Providing current data and perspective backed by historical context as appropriate, the encyclopedia brings together the latest scholarship on India's diverse cultures, societies, religions, political cultures, and social and economic challenges. It covers such issues as foreign relations, security, and economic and political developments, helping readers understand India's people and appreciate the nation's importance as a political power and economic force, both regionally and globally.
Small Town Capitalism in Western India
Author: Douglas E. Haynes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-03-12
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1107375711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes)
Author: S. C. Bhatt
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9788178353562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn encyclopaedic voluminous work gives authentic and objectives information about all the 28 states and 7Union Territories, History, Physical aspects, Population, Politics, Education, Transport and Communication, Languages and Literature, Medical Facilities, Industry, Finance Sector, Natural Wealth, Agriculture, Wild Life, Tourism, Archeological sites, Natural Calamities, Customs, Fairs and Festivals, Arts and Crafts, Rural and Urban Development, Newspapers, Important Events, NGO, Planning outlays0 in thirty-six volumes, each volume complete about a state. A benchmark.
Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-11-04
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521650120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
The Complete Costume Dictionary
Author: Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 623
ISBN-13: 0810840049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction -- Dictionary -- Appendix A: Garment types -- Appendix B: Garment by country -- Appendix C: Garment types by era
Why Democracy Deepens
Author: Anoop Sadanandan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-03-21
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 1316828719
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the country's constitution, a year into independence. The social order - the soil on which India's new democratic edifice was then being erected - was marked by social hierarchies and economic vulnerabilities. Decades of socio-economic changes since then would transform this old order, albeit unevenly across Indian states, to decisively shape the development of democracy in the country. Why Democracy Deepens relates how these socio-economic changes have deepened democracy in India beyond its topsoil. Drawing on his research in villages and states, Anoop Sadanandan explains how socio-economic changes have heightened the need for local voter information, and have promoted grassroots democracy in some Indian states. By exploring the pivotal political developments in the world's largest democracy, the book puts forward a theory of local democratization.
