The Company Weavers of Bengal: The East India Company and the Organization of Textile Production in Bengal 1750-1813
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The collapse of the weaving industry in eighteenth-century Bengal has been the subject of considerable controversy. Drawing on newly discovered eighteenth-century Bengali manuscripts that contain the East India Company's correspondence, account books, and deeds of agreement with weavers, Hossain here suggests that the decline of the weaving industry was largely a result of the Company's attempt to enforce lower wages and maintain strict control over the weavers.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195620437
ISBN13:9780195620436
Release Date:March 1990
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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