Crafting the nation in colonial India

McGowan, Abigail

Crafting the nation in colonial India - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2009 - xiii, 265 p. ill. 22 cm

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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Geschichte 1851-1922


Decorative arts--India.
Industries, Primitive--India.
Cultural awareness--India.


India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

NK1047 / .M38 2009

745.09 / MC-C

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