TY - BOOK ID - 11331923 TI - Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India PY - 1999 SN - 0521650127 0511017480 0521033055 0511497423 0511052014 1280153806 0511310099 0511117507 0511150253 1107116732 9780511017483 9780511117503 9780511052019 9780521650120 9786610153800 6610153809 9780511497421 9780521033053 9781107116733 9780511150258 9780511310096 9781280153808 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Industrial policy. KW - Industrial policy - India. KW - Industries. KW - Industries KW - Industrial policy KW - Economic History KW - Business & Economics KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11331923 AB - 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 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 penetrating insights into India's economic and social history. ER -