TY - BOOK AU - McGowan,Abigail TI - Crafting the nation in colonial India SN - 9780230612679 AV - NK1047 .M38 2009 U1 - 745.09 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Decorative arts KW - India KW - Industries, Primitive KW - Cultural awareness KW - History KW - British occupation, 1765-1947 N1 - 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 ER -