Crafting Traditions: Documenting Trades & Crafts in Early 19th Century North India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8173052492
Length
xl+127p., Figures; Glossary; Appendix; Index; 23cm.
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Our knowledge of Indian society during British rule in the nineteenth century has rested primarily on the voluminous records of the East India Company, the works of various Europeans, the writings of many civil servants of the Company and the accounts of Indians writing in this period. Interesting first-hand and very useful alternative sources are writings of Indians produced on request or assignment by company administrators. Such accounts are by no means ...
