How India clothed the world : the world of South Asian textiles, 1500-1850 /

Drawing on new research on textile trade and production in the regions that depended on the Indian Ocean, the book contributes to a new understanding of the role that Indian cloth played in the making of the modern world economy.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Riello, Giorgio, Roy, Tirthankar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Global economic history series ; v. 4.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Drawing on new research on textile trade and production in the regions that depended on the Indian Ocean, the book contributes to a new understanding of the role that Indian cloth played in the making of the modern world economy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 489 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047429975
9047429974
128260211X
9781282602113
ISSN:1872-5155 ;