Crafting the nation in colonial India/ Abigail McGowan.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xiii, 265 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780230612679; 0230612679Subject(s): Decorative arts -- India | Industries, Primitive -- India | Cultural awareness -- India | India -- HistoryDDC classification: 306.470954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 306.470954 MCG/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18037 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demanding knowledge, documenting the body -- The culture of difference : from colonial knowledge to the problem with crafts -- Developing traditions : preservationist design and the independent artisan -- Modernizing artisanship : rationalization, efficiency and the cult of the craftsman -- Conclusion : the long life of difference : Gandhi and the politics of crafts after 1920.
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