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

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

The 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 centurie

From IKEA assembly guides and “hands and pans” cooking videos on social media to Mister Rogers's classic factory tours, representations of the step-by-step

This book presents a comprehensive history of handloom weaving industry in India to challenge and revise the view that competition from machine-produced textile